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President Says New Ivory Coast Constitution Way to ‘Move Past Crisis’

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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara presented the draft of the new constitution to parliament Wednesday. Among the reforms is the removal of a clause that helped trigger civil war five years ago. The clause, Article 35, required that both parents of presidential candidates be natural-born Ivory Coast citizens, according to Reuters. The new constitution would soften that rule. “The spirit of this draft for the new constitution is to reinforce social cohesion, to assure...

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