
After the sudden demise of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly last week. Ivory Coast’s Vice-President Daniel Kablan Duncan has stepped down.
The secretary-general of the Ivory Coast presidency, Patrick Achi, said that Mr Kablan Duncan, was leaving for reasons of personal convenience. Adding that the vice-president had put in his resignation letter to President Alassane Ouattara in February.
“After several communications, the last of which took place on Tuesday 7 July, 2020, the president of the republic took note of his resignation and proceeded to sign the decree terminating Daniel Kablan Duncan,” Mr Achi said in a statement.