Ivory Coast presidential candidate Soro rejects coup allegations


FILE PHOTO: Former rebel leader Guillaume Soro is seen leaving the National Assembly after he resigned as parliament speaker in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, February 8, 2019. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon/

PARIS (Reuters) - Former Ivory Coast rebel leader Guillaume Soro dismissed an arrest warrant issued against him as baseless and said he would pursue his campaign as a presidential candidate from overseas, according to comments published in a French newspaper on Sunday.

Ivory Coast's public prosecutor issued the warrant for Soro on Dec. 23 as part of an investigation into an alleged coup plot, forcing him to call off a planned homecoming for the first time since May and ahead of the October 2020 election.

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