Côte d’Ivoire : Divided country united in opposition

Tension is rising in Cote d'Ivoire as opposition and government supporters threaten to oppose a new peace plan expected to be approved on Tuesday (31 October 2006) by the United Nations Security Council to reunite the divided country. A 12-month extension of President Laurent Gbagbo's mandate endorsed by the Security Council in October last year failed to result in long-awaited presidential elections, and the polls have been postponed again.