06/05/2011 10:32
Ivory Coast Constitutional Council ratifies Ouattara victory
Ivory Coast's Constitutional Council has ratified the election victory of Laurent Gbagbo's rival, Alassane Ouattara.
The top court sparked a four-month stand-off in December by overturning the electoral commission's finding that Ouattara had won.
The council, headed by Gbagbo ally Paul Yao N'Dre, annulled thousands of votes cast in favor of Ouattara in rebel-held areas of the north, where Gbagbo had alleged fraud.
N'Dre says he now accepts Ouattara's victory, BBC reported.