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West African Leaders to Urge Ivorian Leader to Step Down

   Peter Clottey 27 December 2010
   Nigerian  President  Goodluck  Jonathan  (R)  and  President  of Benin
   Republic  Boni Yayi chats during their meeting at the emergency summit
   of Heads of States of ECOWAS on the political crisis in Ivory Coast in
   Abuja 24 Dec 2010.

Photo: AFP

   Nigerian  President  Goodluck  Jonathan  (R)  and  President  of Benin
   Republic  Boni Yayi chats during their meeting at the emergency summit
   of Heads of States of ECOWAS on the political crisis in Ivory Coast in
   Abuja 24 Dec 2010.

   A  spokesman  for  former Ivorian Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara has
   welcomed  as  a positive development the scheduled visit by three West
   African heads of state, who intend to urge embattled President Laurent
   Gbagbo to step down or be forced from office.