Ivory Coast VP Duncan Sworn In

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published January 16, 2017 | 10:45 PM

ABIDJAN, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Jan, 2017 ) - Ivory Coast's former prime minister Daniel Kablan Duncan was sworn in Monday as the west African nation's first vice president, taking up a post created under constitutional changes approved in November.

At a ceremony in the presidential palace, Duncan, 73, pledged to work with President Alassane Ouattara to "help Ivory Coast become an emerging nation by 2020". Duncan was named vice-president last week, after he and his government resigned following legislative elections in December in the world's top cocoa producer. He was replaced by Amadou Gon Coulibaly as the new prime minister.