Ivory Coast opposition vows to form transition government

Ivory Coast's major opposition parties vowed Monday to create their own transitional government, insisting that President Alassane Ouattara's mandate to lead the country is now over even as partial results from the election showed him headed toward a controversial third term. The move was expected to further escalate tensions between the opposition leaders who boycotted Saturday's presidential election and those loyal to the West African nation's incumbent leader of nearly a decade. Pascal Affi N’Guessan, one of the top opposition candidates who later boycotted the vote, said late Monday that Henri Konan Bedie, the country's 86-year-old former president, would head up a council of transition.