Ivory Coast Opposition Leader Pledges to Bring Back Exiles

Ivory Coast’s opposition leader, Henri Konan Bedie says he will welcome back exiled citizens if elected.

The former president said he would free political and military prisoners who were jailed over the 2010 disputed election.

The post-election violence after Laurent Gbagbo refused to accept that he had lost a disputed election run-off to Alassane Ouattara left 3,000 dead and 500,000 displaced.

Mr Gbagbo is in exile in Belgium and plans to run in October’s elections despite being barred over a previous conviction.

President Ouattara is running for a controversial third term in the polls.