Ivory Coast Casts Votes for President

Ivory Coast is holding the first round of a presidential election Sunday. Current President Alassane Ouattara, widely expected to win, said he wanted a "first-round knockout" victory. More than 6 million Ivorians are registered to cast their ballots at around 20,000 polling stations, with voting officially beginning at 7 a.m. (0700 GMT). Voting was delayed in many districts of the country's largest city, Abidjan, as poll workers rushed to organize materials. In the...

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