Celebrations as Democratic Party of I. Coast declared victorious The formal announcement of victory in the Plateau, the business district of Abidjan, of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire candidate Jacques Ehouo who slammed the door of the governing coalition in August, has reduced tension in the Ivorian economic capital. During the municipal elections vote over the weekend, a man in his 30s was killed during clashes between rival political groups in Lakota, a town in the south, where supporters of the independent mayor clashed with those of his RHDP challenger. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES