South African President Thabo Mbeki, the main mediator in Côte d'Ivoire's peace process, said on Sunday that Pretoria is heightening its intervention in the West African nation to pave the way for elections later this year.
South African President Thabo Mbeki never excluded himself from the peace process
he was part of the process
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