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Ivory Coast leader very ill

Friday 15 October 1993 23:02 BST
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President Felix Houphouet-Boigny of Ivory Coast is in a very serious condition in a Paris hospital, diplomatic sources said yesterday, Reuter reports from Paris. The President, who officially turns 88 on Monday but is believed by diplomats to be several years older, is in Cochin Hospital, where he underwent prostate surgery earlier this year.

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