Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast votes in local, regional polls seen as test for presidential race

Ivory Coast was voting Saturday in local and regional elections set to gauge support for the ruling party and the opposition two years ahead of a presidential poll. The three leading political groups are vying for seats in 201 districts and 31 regions in the West African nation, a regional economic power and leading cocoa

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Ivory Coast president removes prime minister, dissolves government

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara dismissed on Friday his prime minister, Patrick Achi, and announced the upcoming formation of a new government, two years before the next presidential elections. Ouattara signed a decree “ending the duties of the prime minister, who is the head of the government, as well as those of the members of the

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Former Ivory Coast PM Guillaume Soro says will end self-imposed exile

Ivory Coast’s former prime minister Guillaume Soro, sentenced to life in prison for undermining national security, on Sunday said he was ending his self-imposed exile that began in 2019. Soro was previously right-hand man to President Alassane Ouattara, but the pair fell out in 2019, with the head of state accusing him of fomenting a “civilian and military

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