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Ivory Coast’s Ouattara secures fourth term as early results reveal landslide victory
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has secured a fourth term in office in an election characterized by low voter turnout and deserted streets in the country’s economic hub, Abidjan. Provisional results released Monday show Ouattara, 83, claiming 89.7% of the vote. Jean-Louis Billon, a former commerce minister from one of the nation’s wealthiest families, trailed…
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Ivory Coast candidates wrap up campaigns ahead of election on Saturday
Ivory Coast’s presidential candidates wrapped up their campaigns Thursday as the tense...
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“People can no longer make ends meet” – Ivorian voices rise against Ouattara’s fourth term
Placide Konan, a 33-year-old slam poet in Abidjan, has turned his art into a form of resistance,...
