Cote d’Ivoire: Bid to handout ID cards ahead of key vote kicks off

Published: 18/May/2006
Source: IRIN

A pilot scheme to provide thousands of Ivorians with identity papers and voting cards kicked off across war-divided Cote d’Ivoire on Thursday, though few turned up to hearings in the government controlled south which were disrupted by supporters of the president.

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Themes: Identity Documents, Nationality and Elections, Voter Registration
Regions: West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2006