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Youth anger in Ivory Coast as the 83-year-old president seeks a fourth term
Ouattara seeks to extend nearly two decades of rule amid protests over opposition bans and youth unemployment; Ivory Coast's economy grew 6% in 2024, World Bank reports.
- On Saturday, President Alassane Ouattara, 83-year-old President of Ivory Coast, seeks a fourth term, pitching nearly 15 years of growth amid critics' claims of stamping out dissent.
- Courts disqualified key contenders Tidjane Thiam, former Credit Suisse CEO, and Laurent Gbagbo, former president, as critics say legal rules were exploited to weaken opponents.
- Tensions have included arrests, deaths and heavy policing as government security forces deployed more than 40,000 personnel and authorities arrested over 200 protesters this month.
- Supporters point to 6% growth and new infrastructure, while analysts say Ouattara remains the clear favourite backed by the Rally of Houphouetistes for Democracy and Peace holding 169 of 255 seats.
- Young Ivorians frustrated by unemployment and 37.5% poverty have protested creatively, with Placide Konan using slam poetry amid about 8.7 million registered voters.
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Ouattara set for fourth term as Ivory Coast holds presidential election
Ivorians voted Saturday to pick a new president, with incumbent Alassane Ouatarra a shoo-in for a controversial fourth term, pitted against a divided opposition further hobbled by the barring of two leading candidates.
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'People look very eager to cast their ballot' after a tumultous build-up to the election
Polls opened in the Ivory Coast on Saturday to elect a new leader as longtime President Alassane Ouattara seeks a fourth term after key contenders were barred from contesting. Reporting from the densely populated neighbourhood of Treichville, FRANCE 24 Journalist Justice Baidoo said "people look very eager to cast their ballot", with some arriving as early as 6am. Leading up to the election, some 700 people had been arrested during several prote…
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Leaning Left46Leaning Right21Center37Last UpdatedBias Distribution44% Left
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