Ivory coast president alassane ouattara
Ivory Coast holds talks on political crisis
The meeting focussed on demands for reform of the country's electoral commission ahead of legislative elections early next year, an opposition leader told...
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Ivory Coast's Ouattara sworn in for disputed third term
The solemn ceremony was attended by 13 African counterparts as well as former French president Nicolas Sarkozy - but boycotted by the opposition, as was the election that returned Ouattara to power.
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Ousted Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo plans to return home this month
Laurent Gbagbo was forced out by his rival, Alassane Ouattara, after a brief but bloody civil war that claimed some 3,000 lives.
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Ivory Coast clashes kill 3 as court validates Ouattara reelection
Nearly 50 people have been killed in clashes since August and two opposition chiefs have been arrested, fuelling fears Ivory Coast could slide into the kind of widespread unrest it suffered after a disputed 2010 vote.
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Ivory Coast president reelected to contested third term
Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara has been reelected with more than 94% of the vote, electoral authorities said Tuesday, after a poll marred by clashes and an opposition boycott over his bid for a contested third term.
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Ivory Coast opposition forms 'transitional govt' after contested vote
The move deepened a crisis that erupted in August when Ouattara said he would run again, to the fury of the opposition who called it a constitutional breach and an 'electoral coup' in the West African country.
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Ivory Coast president set for victory after contested poll
By midday Monday, the Electoral Commission had released preliminary results from around a quarter of the country's 108 regions showing President Alassane Ouattara with a commanding lead, as much as 90% in parts of his stronghold in the north.
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Defiant Ivory Coast ex-PM stands by presidential bid
Guillaume Soro urged the country's opposition parties to unite against President Alassane Ouattara even as he insisted that the 31 October presidential poll 'does not make any sense' as it was designed to 'endorse the institutional state coup d'etat of Alassane Ouattara'.
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Macron to meet Ivory Coast President Ouattara after election u-turn
Macron has repeatedly said he wants to break from the past in which France often seemed to call the shots in its former colonies and said that it was time for older generations to hand over to Africa’s younger politicians.
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Ivory Coast president urges peace as he files candidacy for elections
Clashes broke out after Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, after initially saying he would not stand again, changed his mind following the sudden death of prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, his anointed successor.
