US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived last night in Abidjan on her first visit to Cote d''Ivoire since a deadly crisis broke out following disputed 2010 polls.
"It will be the first visit of a secretary of state in Cote d''Ivoire since 1986," a high-ranking US official said adding that the visit "underscores our commitment to strengthening democratic institutions" in Cote d''Ivoire.

Clinton is scheduled to meet with Ivory Coast''s new President Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday. On a whirlwind four-country trip of West Africa, Clinton who attended the inauguration of Nobel laureate and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for a second term is due to travel on to Togo and Cape Verde.

Source: BNA