Nearly nine million voters were eligible to cast their ballot Saturday in the world's top cocoa producer, which has resisted coups and jihadist attacks plaguing much of west Africa but which saw ...

AFP AFP Oct 25, 2025 Oct 25, 2025 Updated Oct 26, 2025 Voting ended Saturday in Ivory Coast for a new president, with incumbent Alassane Ouattara expected to win a fourth term against a divided ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara secured a fourth term with a commanding reelection win, according to provisional results announced on Monday, an outcome that was largely ...

A US-trained economist who appears to be an almost immovable cornerstone of Ivory Coast's political life, President Alassane Ouattara is the favourite to win a fourth term in Saturday's presidential ...

In the run-up to the October presidential election, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, who has yet to declare whether he will seek a fourth term, has been quietly mobilising his inner circle for ...

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. Ballot stations opened ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara was reelected to a fourth term in an election marked by low turnout and empty streets in the economic capital of Abidjan, ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. In 2019, as speculation grew that he was quietly orchestrating a run for a legally ...

President of Cote d'Ivoire's Constitutional Council Chantal Camara on Tuesday officially confirmed incumbent President Alassane Ouattara as the winner of the presidential election held on Oct. 25 ...

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara, who is seeking a fourth term, walks with his wife Dominique Ouattara after voting during the presidential election at a polling station of the Lycee ...