Ivory Coast prosecutor says arrest warrant issued for ex-rebel chief Soro

• Ivory Coast judicial officials have issued an arrest warrant for former rebel chief and presidential candidate Guillaume Soro.
• Soro aborted an attempt to return to Ivory Coast on Monday and his plane was diverted to Ghana.

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast judicial officials have issued an arrest warrant for former rebel chief and presidential candidate Guillaume Soro for an "attempt to attack the state authority," prosecutors said on Monday.

State prosecutor Richard Adou told public television that intelligence services had evidence that showed the "plan was about to be carried out soon".

Soro aborted an attempt to return to Ivory Coast on Monday and his plane was diverted to Ghana as security forces raided his party headquarters in Abidjan.