Ivory Coast opposition forms coalition to take on Ouattara

Thirteen Ivory Coast political figures, including a former prime minister and an opposition leader, formed a coalition on Friday to challenge incumbent President Alassane Ouattara in elections later this year. Ivory Coast is emerging from a decade of turmoil, and previous presidential elections that have been marked by violence and the exclusion of leading politicians. Ouattara, who took office in 2011 following a brief post-election civil war, has steered the world's top cocoa grower to an