COTE D'IVOIRE: Election board suspends voter registration

ABIDJAN Friday, October 24, 2008 (IRIN) - Côte d’Ivoire’s electoral commission on 23 October suspended for two days the long-delayed voter registration operation, throwing into deeper uncertainty the timing of a presidential poll seen as indispensable to restoring stability. The electoral commission said registration was being suspended for technical reasons, but the operation has been fraught with problems. The order comes as youths continue attacking registration offices and some election...