Gbagbo who ruled Ivory Coast from 2000 until he was forced from power in 2011 had ran to the continental court to challenge ...

Côte d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara has maintained on June 22 suspense over his potential candidacy in the October ...

Ouattara delayed announcing 2025 candidacy, promises decision soon. • RHDP backs him; opposition calls the run unconstitutional. • A fourth bid may heighten political tensions. On Sunday, June 22, ...

Ivory Coast leader Alassane Ouattara's party on Saturday tapped him to run for president again, two days after the country's ...

Supporters of incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo react during a pro-Gbagbo rally in the Yopougon district of Abidjan, Ivory ...

Laurent Gbagbo’s PPA-CI and Tidjane Thiam’s PDCI have joined forces to challenge what they call a rigged Ivorian presidential election process. Both leaders remain banned from the electoral list.

Tensions are rising in the country ahead of October polls, with many wary of a repeat of election violence seen in 2011.

Côte d’Ivoire’s two main opposition parties—the African People’s Party (PPA-CI) led by former President Laurent Gbagbo and ...

Parties led by former Credit Suisse AG Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam and ex-President Laurent Gbagbo agreed to form ...

Thousands protested in Abidjan after opposition leader Tidjane Thiam was barred from Ivory Coast's presidential race, ...

Thousands of protesters have gathered in Ivory Coast's capital Abidjan to demand the reinstatement on the electoral list of ...

Tidjane Thiam, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI), was removed from the electoral roll in April after a court questioned his Ivorian nationality.