L'Inter 

revisits the meeting on Wednesday between the UN Special Representative,

Aichatou Mindaoudou and Interior Minister Hamed Bakayoko during which Mrs.

Mindaoudou reiterated UNOCI's commitment to support security sector reforms in

Cote d'Ivoire.

AIP

(Ivorian News Agency):

The newly elected Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is expected in Abidjan

today on his second external visit after Chad since coming to office. He will be

received at the airport by his Ivorian counterpart, Alassane Ouattara.

Soir

Info:

PDCI party President Henri Konan Bedie is envisaging institutional reforms aimed

at creating the post of vice president of the republic and a senate. Mr. Bedie

who plans to run for re-election as party president during the October 2013 PDCI

Congress, has been urging his supporters to endorse proposals for institutional

reforms. Mr Bedie also wants administrative reforms reducing the number of

regions from 31 to 12.

Fratmat.info, Intelligent d'Abidjan:



Three candidates who have declared their intention to run for the PDCI party

presidential election in October: Djedje Mady, Kouadio Konan Bertin (KKB), Yao

Kouassi have formed an alliance to challenge the candidacy of incumbent party

president , 79 year-old Henri Konan Bedie. At a meeting held yesterday in view

of the forthcoming party congress, the three candidates called for a congress

organising committee in which each candidate shall have equal representation

instead of the present organising committee dominated by supporters of the

incumbent party leader.

Notre Voie:

FPI President Afi Nguessan yesterday met with the Special Representative of thee

African Union in Cote d'Ivoire, Ambroise Niyonsaba to discuss matters related to

the  national reconciliation process.

Notre Voie:

Some

119 Ivorian refugees in Togo and Ghana were voluntarily repatriated yesterday by

the UN High Commission for Refugees. The refugees said they were encouraged to

return home following the recent release on bail of members of the close

entourage of former president Laurent Gbagbo.

L'Inter:

The Minister-delegate for Defense has addressed a letter to the National Press

Council informing it that the Military Code forbids members of the armed forces

and the gendarmerie from granting interviews to the public and private media

unless authorised to do so by the Minister of Defense, the Army Chief of Staff

or the High Commander of the National Gendarmerie.

L'Inter:

The President of the National coordination of Moor Parks in Cote d'Ivoire and

member of the Union of Transporters Associations, Toure Adama says the

government has up till Wednesday, 3 September to clean up the transport sector

and if nothing is done, they shall not hesitate to renew their strike action. A

strike action launched on Monday 26 August by taxi-metered taxis in Abidjan was

called off on Wednesday night after the Interior Minister brokered a settlement.