VIDEO: Fears around Ivory Coast elections

Is Ivory Coast ready for post civil war election?

Host Shaka Ssali and his guests discuss the upcoming elections in Tanzania and Ivory Coast and examine the possibility that the electoral process will be free, fair and credible.
Newsmaker : Emmanuel Kawishe, Tanzania National Electoral Commission Director of Legal Services;
Reporter: Idd Llgongo, VOA's Swahili Service
Washington Studio Guests: Daman Laurent Adjehi, Ivorian Political Analyst and Prof. Nicholls Boas, Ph.D., University of Maryland University College

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