Ivory Coast president pledges elections in 2007
Ivory Coast’s President Laurent Gbagbo on Friday vowed to do everything possible to ensure long-delayed presidential polls take place next year in the war-divided West African country. The former French colony has been split into a rebel-held north and government south since a 2002-2003 civil war. A string of U.N.-backed peace deals has made little progress reuniting the country as the foes bicker over their implementation. Full Story