November 24, 2025
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara secured a fourth term on Monday, according to the provisional results of the Independent Electoral Commission. Nearly nine million voters were eligible to cast their ballots on Saturday.
The Ivory Coast heads to the polls on Saturday. Five candidates – among them President Alassane Ouattara – are competing for the top job, while several key rivals have been excluded from the race.
The two main opposition leaders are barred from Saturday's presidential vote, as a 44,000-strong security operation is deployed nationwide.
Unlike her ex-husband Laurent Gbagbo, who served as president from 2000 to 2010 and is barred from running, Simone Gbagbo is set to face his former archrival at the polls: President Alassane Ouattara, the clear favorite in the race.
In President Alassane Ouattara’s stronghold of Abobo, a working-class commune in Abidjan’s north, the incumbent’s supporters are convinced that he will win Saturday’s presidential election in a first-round “knockout blow”. FRANCE 24 spoke to some of the president’s most ardent fans about what three terms of Ouattara have done for the neighbourhood.
Protests have been banned and opposition figures sidelined as 83-year-old president ignores calls to step down
Opponents including ex-Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam are barred from standing in October vote
Four major opposition figures will be unable to contest Ivory Coast's October presidential election, the country's electoral commission announced Wednesday, having been struck from the final voter list.
Abidjan (AFP) – Ivory Coast's main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam, struck off the electoral list in a row over his nationality, told AFP Wednesday his party would not replace him as its candidate in October's presidential election.
Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will begin withdrawing in January as part of a shift towards strengthening its own military forces. This move follows broader trends across West Africa, with nations like Senegal and Chad also reevaluating their defence partnerships and asserting greater sovereignty.
