South African President Thabo Mbeki, the main mediator in Côte d'Ivoire's peace process, said on Sunday that Pretoria is heightening its intervention in the West African nation to pave the way for elections later this year.
Mbeki is stepping back his mediation efforts in order to heighten it's intervention in the West African Nation.
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