Ivory Coast referendum turnout 'very low'

The turnout in Ivory Coast's referendum on a controversial new constitution was very low, with most people heeding a call to boycott it, the main opposition leader has said, AFP news agency reports.

President Alassane Ouattara should now withdraw the constitution or resign, Pascal Affi Nguessan, the chairman of the Ivorian Popular Front, told AFP.

Mr Ouattara has campaigned for the adoption of the constitution, saying it will end divisions caused in the world's biggest cocoa producer over who is eligible to become president.

The proposed constitution drops the requirement that both parents of a candidate be Ivorian,...