US EditionIvory Coast Leader's Bid for a Fourth Term After Rivals Sidelined Is Seen as a Risk for Democracy
CÔTE D'IVOIRE, JUL 30 – Questions arise over Tidjane Thiam's achievements at the United Nations amid scrutiny of his claimed successes representing Côte d'Ivoire.
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Unsurprisingly, President Alassane Ouattara is again a candidate for his own succession for the election scheduled for 25 October 2025. If he wins, the Ivorian Octogenary Head of State would govern the country for a fourth term. An additional five years that his political opponents consider "unconstitutional" and "illegal".
Ivory Coast leader's bid for a 4th term after rivals sidelined is seen as a risk for democracy
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has announced that he will be running for a fourth term. He is the latest leader in West and Central Africa to attempt to stay in power after weakening the opposition party.
Head of State Alassane Ouattara announced that he would run for a fourth term in October. Scrutin from which opposition leaders are excluded: a warning sign of a democratic drift?
After being declared ineligible, the opponent had referred the case to the United Nations Human Rights Committee at the beginning of June, which called on Côte d'Ivoire on 29 July to "take all necessary measures" to enable it "to exercise its political rights".
Ivory Coast: President Ouattara to run for fourth term in October election – Cameroon Concord News
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said Tuesday he will seek a fourth term in Ivory Coast’s October 25 election, as tensions rise over the exclusion of many heavyweight opposition candidates. He had been earlier officially nominated by the ruling Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP) party as its candidate, but had not yet said if he would contest. “I am a candidate because the constitution of our country allows me to run fo…
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