Summit on Ivory Coast crisis ends

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West African leaders have ended their one-day summit meeting on how Ivory Coast should be administered, but have not yet disclosed what they decided.

The executive secretary of Ecowas, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, said a number of recommendations had been agreed at the summit in the Nigerian capital Abuja.

But he said they will only be fully given to the African Union and not made public till it meets later this month.

Ivory Coast has been divided since civil war broke out in 2002.

Foot dragging claim

In a statement, Ecowas said it had recommended the full implementation of last year's UN Security Council resolution which called for disarmament, the registration of voters and gave Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny executive powers to help steer Ivory Coast towards elections.

Those elections were due to take place at the end of October but have been delayed indefinitely.

And the country remains divided between a government-controlled south and rebel-held north following the civil war.

The BBC's Alex Last in Abuja says there is still deep disagreement over disarmament and the registration of voters.

Our correspondent says a major is sticking point is whether Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is to stay in power until elections can be held, as laid down in last year's UN resolution.

The New Forces rebels who control the north want him gone, our correspondent says, and the president has been accused of trying to delay the elections to remain in office.

Whether to renew Mr Gbagbo's mandate and if so what powers he should have, is key, our correspondent says.

Mr Gbagbo's supporters have threatened violence if the president's authority is dented.

This week the head of Mr Gbagbo's party told West African leaders that they must remember that millions of their citizens live in Ivory Coast.

This apparent threat drew a sharp rebuke from the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan among others.

Mr Gbagbo's supporters - known as the Young Patriots - have attacked West Africans, the French and the UN in the past.