FILE PHOTO: Ivory Coast parliament speaker Guillaume Soro speaks at the National Assembly in Abidjan, Ivory Coast February 8, 2019. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon
December 23, 2019
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast has issued an arrest warrant for Guillaume Soro, a former rebel leader and candidate in next year’s presidential election, four government sources said on Monday.
Soro was due to return to Ivory Coast on Monday after months overseas, but he diverted his flight to neighboring Ghana “for security reasons”, his adviser, Alain Lobognon, told Reuters.
(Reporting by Ange Aboa; Writing by Aaron Ross; Editing by Alison Williams)
