Thiam’s exclusion stems from a legal complaint filed by private citizens citing a rarely used clause in the 1961 Nationality ...

Tidjane Thiam, a former international banker and the leader of Ivory Coast's main opposition party, has told the BBC that he ...

Ivory Coast opposition leader Tidjane Thiam said on Wednesday he would fight on to run in the West African nation's presidential election due in October despite having been removed from the electoral ...

Thiam has since given up his French nationality, but the court stated he should be removed from the electoral roll because he ...

Catherine Byaruhanga, presenter and correspondent for the BBC News Channel, speaks to Tidjane Thiam, the main opposition leader in the Ivory Coast.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — A court in Ivory Coast ruled on Tuesday that Tidjane Thiam, a former CEO of Credit Suisse, is not eligible to run for president because of his dual Ivorian-French nationality, ...

Why ex-bank boss Tidjane Thiam has been barred from seeking the Ivorian presidency - and the potential fallout.

Tidjane Thiam’s shock removal from Côte d’Ivoire’s electoral roll likely ends his presidential bid, shaking up October’s ...

On April 22, 2025, a court in Abidjan ruled that opposition leader Tidjane Thiam had lost his Ivorian citizenship, ...

The head of Ivory Coast's main opposition party on Thursday claimed the government was trying to silence dissent before ...

Tensions are rising in Côte d'Ivoire after a court ruled that opposition candidate Tidjane Thiam is not eligible to run in ...

An Ivory Coast court on Tuesday struck main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam off the nation’s electoral list, closing the door on him running in a presidential election in October. The court said Thiam ...