Former Ivory Coast President Bedie dies at 89, his party says

Former Ivory Coast President Henri Konan Bedie died at age 89, his party says. Diomande Ble Blonde/AP)

Former Ivory Coast president Henri Konan Bedie has died at the age of 89, according to a communique from his party.

State media reported that Bedie was rushed from his hometown of Daoukro in central Ivory Coast yesterday evening after falling ill.