Incidents of violence occurred in several districts of Abidjan and other towns in Ivory Coast on April 22 after the results of local elections were announced, Xinhua reported April 23.

Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo's Ivorian Popular Front party boycotted local elections April 21, AP reported.

Algerian forces have surrounded the gas facility where militants are holding seven hostages, and helicopters continue to monitor the area, The Guardian reported Jan. 19.