Ivory Coast president dissolves cabinet

IVORY Coast President Alassane Ouattara has dissolved his cabinet over an apparent feud between member parties of his governing coalition.

Amadou Gon Coulibaly, general secretary of the presidency, told a press conference the decision came after a dispute on Tuesday during a parliamentary committee debate over a possible amendment to the country's marriage law.

The change would make the husband and wife equal heads of a household. Under the current law, the husband is the head and makes decisions in the name of the family.

Ouattara's party supported the change but other parties within the coalition opposed it.

The unexpected move by Ouattara reflects political instability in a country still struggling after a near-civil war.

Ouattara came to power in a deeply divisive 2010 election. He won the presidential runoff but longtime ruler Laurent Gbagbo refused to cede and used the army to cling to power.

It took United Nations airstrikes to finally release Gbagbo's grip on power. He was arrested in April 2011, paving the way for Ouattara to assume control of the country he had been elected to run.

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