Ivory Coast’s Opposition Parties Demand Inclusion in Election

Ivory Coast’s Opposition Parties Demand Inclusion in Election

Ivory Coast’s two principal opposition parties have formed a “common front” to call for the reinstatement of their leaders, who have been banned from participating in the upcoming presidential election scheduled for October 25. The political atmosphere in Ivory Coast has been fraught with tension following court decisions that disqualified several key opposition figures from the vote. President Alassane Ouattara is widely expected to pursue a co…