ACCRA, Ghana, July 30 (UPI) -- The Accra, Ghana, summit of African leaders convened by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Ivory Coast political crisis was extended by one day on Friday.
The move was made in a bid to heal bitter post-conflict divisions.
Annan held private talks on the West African nation's constitution with Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and Prime Minister Seydou Diarra.
The main topic has been the lack of adherence to the 2003 Linas-Marcoussis peace agreement.
Gbagbo and the opposition Force Nouvelles hit an impasse largely over differences of interpretation. The president suspended his support for opposition ministers in the transitional government in May and the Forces Nouvelles left the government.
Thursday's closed session, co-hosted by the chairman of the Economic Commission of West African States and President of Ghana, John Kufuor, went through working meals and ended at 8 p.m.
