Noah talks with Douglas Farah, West Africa correspondent for the Washington Post, who is in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, to bring us up to date on politics there. Last month after a presidential election, Ivory Coast's military ruler Robert Guei was forced to flee the country amid protests by supporters of Socialist Laurent Gbagbo. Guei was accused of rigging election results. Gbagbo took over. But next month, Ivory Coast is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections. The country's former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara), who wanted to challenge Gbagbo's victory, has been cleared to run for parliament.
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