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Ivory Coast opposition leader Affi released 2 months after election-spat arrest

Ivory Coast opposition leader Affi released 2 months after election-spat arrest

IVORY Coast opposition leader Pascal Affi N'Guessan was released yesterday after nearly two months in custody for creating a breakaway government after a disputed presidential election marred by violence. His release is seen as a key step in repairing relations between the opposition and President Alassane Ouattara's ruling party after an Oct. 31 election that pulled hard at the seams of the West African nation's fragile peace. Affi "is a free man and will be able to see his family again today", though he will remain under "judicial supervision", his lawyer Me Pierre Dagbo Gode told Reuters. Government spokesman Sidi…
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