Ex-premier pulls out of Ivory Coast presidential poll

[WorldNews]

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Ivory Coast's former prime minister Charles Konan Banny on Friday pulled out of the country's presidential election, denouncing an "iniquitous" poll that is expected to return incumbent Alassane Ouattara on Sunday. "After having fought to the end to get our leaders to spare Ivory Coast renewed suffering and frustration I have decided to no longer participate, from this moment, in the iniquitous process imposed on you," he told voters in a press conference at his campaign headquarters. Konan Banny, of the opposition National Coalition for Change, is the third candidate to withdraw from the race, following in the footsteps of former foreign minister Amara Essy and former national assembly president Mamadou Koulibaly.

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