Côte d’Ivoire: Summit fails to break deadlock

West African leaders discussing Cote d’Ivoire’s future have decided to present their recommendations to the African Union and the United Nations to help determine a way forward for the divided country. Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) reaffirmed their support for UN Resolution 1633, which laid out a peace plan for Cote d’Ivoire, but announced no decision on the country’s future beyond the end of President Laurent Gbagbo’s term at the end of the month.