Prosecutors hunt Ivory Coast presidential candidate as tensions rise

Ivory Coast prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for presidential candidate Guillaume Soro

Soro had aborted a planned return by diverting his flight to Ghana as security forces stormed his party headquarters in Abidjan.

The former rebel chief’s was due to return to the Ivory Coast after a six-month absence to be a candidate in next year’s ballot

This had raised tensions in the West African country

Soro, a former national assembly president, was also under investigation for embezzlement of public funds and money laundering for amounts up to 1.5 billion CFA francs, about 2.4 million dollar.