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Ivory Coast's Ouattara Names Close Ally As New PM
Amadou Gon Coulibaly reads a declaration at the presidential palace in Abidjan, January 6, 2016. | PHOTO: REUTERS/Luc Gnago
January 11th, 2017 | 08:27 AM | 1521 views
ABIDJAN
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has named Amadou Gon Coulibaly, a close political ally, as the West African nation's new prime minister, the government said on its official Twitter account.
Coulibaly had been serving as an adviser to the president, in the role of secretary-general.
(Reporting by Joe Bavier; editing by Edward McAllister and Gareth Jones)
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