Cote d'Ivoire has missed a deadline for releasing results in its presidential election after a midnight cut-off point passed with no announcement by electoral authorities.Youssouf Bakoyoko, the head of the electoral commission, said on television minutes before midnight on Wednesday that the body was still working to reach a consensus on results.
Supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, the incumbent president, and those of Alassane Ouattara, the opposition leader, have accused each other of trying to rig Sunday's poll. The election commission was legally obliged to announce a the results by the end of Wednesday, which then have to be confirmed by the Constitutional Council, a body headed by a close associate of Gbagbo. By midnight, however, journalists were still being barred from the electoral commission's headquarters, which were surrounded by soldiers and police.
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