In Ivory Coast, the Revenge of Simone Gbagbo, the Former First Lady Candidate for the Presidency

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Unlike his ex-husband, Laurent Gbagbo, president from 2000 to 2010, who was not allowed to run, Simone Gbagbo will face in the ballot box his former sworn enemy: the outgoing head of state, Alassane Ouattara, the great favourite of the election.

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Ahead of a meeting of Simone Gbagbo, president of the Movement of Capable Generations and candidate for the Ivorian presidential election of 25 October, in Yopougon, a commune of Abidjan, on 22 October 2025. SIA KAMBOU/AFP She is almost unrecognizable on her campaign posters. The smooth face despite her 76 years of age, the frank smile, Simone Ehivet Gbagbo is radiant. After half a century of fierce political combat, here she is on the front of …