Ivory Coast opposition leader arrested after disputed election

Pascal Affi N'Guessan charged with creating a rival government after President Alassane Ouattara won third term

The Ivorian opposition leader and former prime minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan has been placed under arrest for creating a rival government after President Alassane Ouattara's election victory, his wife and a spokeswoman have said.

Prosecutors in Ivory Coast are pursuing terrorism charges against more than a dozen opposition leaders who boycotted the 31 October vote in which Ouattara won a third term in office and announced they were creating a transitional council.