At least 60 people have been killed in a stampede as they were leaving a New Year fireworks display in Ivory Coast.

According to state radio, as many as 200 others were injured in the crush outside a large stadium in Abidjan, the former capital city.

The 65,000 capacity stadium was named after the country's founding president Felix Houphouet Boigny.

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