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Oct
30
2020
By The African Mirror
A post-election crisis could scupper Ivory Coast’s economic gains

A post-election crisis could scupper Ivory Coast’s economic gains

BUSINESS
ANGE ABOA and AARON ROSS AS sleek highway overpasses and shopping malls sprouted in Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan following the 2010-11 civil war, investors often pointed to 2020 as the year that could unleash the country's full economic potential. A successful transfer of power when President Alassane Ouattara's second term expired, they said, would help banish memories of the disputed 2010 election that led to the war and attract other investors still wary about instability. But as Ivory Coast heads toward an election on Saturday that Ouattara is unexpectedly contesting and his main opponents are trying to sabotage, that…
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Oct
23
2020
By The African Mirror
Six killed in Ivory Coast town ahead of presidential election

Six killed in Ivory Coast town ahead of presidential election

NEWS
AT least six people have been killed in a port town in southern Ivory Coast this week, the mayor said on Thursday, as supporters and opponents of President Alassane Ouattara trade blame for rising violence ahead of the October 31 election. The authorities decreed a curfew on Wednesday night in response to the killings in Dabou, which Mayor Jean-Claude Niangne said were carried out by men armed with assault rifles and machetes. Violence has broken out sporadically since August when Ouattara announced his candidacy for a third term, a move his opponents say violates the constitution. In all, more than…
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Oct
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast president’s supporters and opponents clash ahead of election

Ivory Coast president’s supporters and opponents clash ahead of election

NEWS
ANGE ABOA LOCAL  offices of Ivory Coast's ruling party were ransacked and the house of an opponent of President Alassane Ouattara was set on fire, as rival supporters clashed in an eastern city ahead of the presidential election, residents said on Saturday. The clashes in Bongouanou came after the opposition candidate, former premier Pascal Affi N'Guessan, and Ouattara's other main challenger, former president Henri Konan Bedie, had on Thursday called on their supporters to boycott the October 31 vote and prevent it from going ahead. More than a dozen people have been killed since August in protests against Ouattara's candidacy…
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Oct
17
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast leader rejects talks as rivals seek vote boycott

Ivory Coast leader rejects talks as rivals seek vote boycott

NEWS
ANGE ABOA IVORY Coast President Alassane Ouattara has rejected calls for negotiations from rivals urging a boycott of an October 31 election they say he should not be standing for. Ouattara's main challengers, ex-President Henri Konan Bedie and ex-prime minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan, accuse the 78-year-old former International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist of violating the constitution by standing for a third term. Protests against Ouattara's candidacy have killed more than a dozen people since August. Thousands of cheering supporters greeted Ouattara in Bouake, the capital of the rebellion that swept him to power in 2011 after a disputed election, as…
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Oct
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast opposition rallies against President Ouattara’s third term bid

Ivory Coast opposition rallies against President Ouattara’s third term bid

NEWS
LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY THOUSANDS of opposition supporters rallied in the Ivory Coast’s commercial capital on Saturday to protest against President Alassane Ouattara’s plan to seek a third term in the October 31 presidential election. By early afternoon around 20,000 people had packed a 35,000 capacity stadium in Abidjan, chanting and dancing. Some held banners saying “The people say no to an illegal third term.” Ouattara announced in August that he will seek another term following the sudden death of his handpicked successor. The constitutional council has cleared him and three other candidates to run, but the opposition says Ouattara is violating…
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Sep
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast opposition calls for protests to stop Ouattara’s third term bid

Ivory Coast opposition calls for protests to stop Ouattara’s third term bid

NEWS
ANGE ABOA IVORY Coast's main presidential election challenger and a group of opposition parties have called for a civil disobedience campaign to stop President Alassane Ouattara's bid for a third term on October 31. The election is seen as one of the biggest tests of the stability of the West African nation since a disputed election led to a brief civil war in 2010-11. Henri Konan Bedie Ivory Coast's Constitutional Council has cleared Ouattara, former president Henri Konan Bedie and two other candidates to contest in the vote. Bedie told a packed opposition PDCI party hall in Abidjan that the…
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Sep
15
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast council approves President Ouattara for third term bid

Ivory Coast council approves President Ouattara for third term bid

NEWS
IVORY Coast's Constitutional Council ruled that President Alassane Ouattara is eligible to run for a third term in the October 31 presidential election, even as opponents said his candidacy jeopardises the West African country's democracy. Violent protests have rocked Ivory Coast since Ouattara, in power since 2010, announced his candidacy. Over a dozen people have died in clashes between protesters and police since August. The constitution says the president can only stay in power for two terms, but Ouattara has argued that the publication of a new constitution in 2016 reset his presidency. The unrest has political observers worried that…
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Sep
15
2020
By The African Mirror
Protests erupt in Ivory Coast against Ouattara’s third term bid

Protests erupt in Ivory Coast against Ouattara’s third term bid

NEWS
POLICE  in Ivory Coast have fired tear gas to break up demonstrations against President Alassane Ouattara's decision to run for a third term in office that opponents say jeopardises the West African country's democracy. Protesters set up barricades and shut down down traffic in several towns including the commercial capital Abidjan, where a burning bus sent high plumes of black smoke from the densely-populated Yopogoun district. Demonstrators also torched a truck in the western city of Bangolo, witnesses said. Violent protests have rocked Ivory Coast since Ouattara, in power since 2010, said he would run for a third term in…
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Sep
13
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast government seeks end to violence ahead of October election

Ivory Coast government seeks end to violence ahead of October election

NEWS
IVORY Coast President Alassane Ouattara's government has reached out to his main opponents and religious leaders to intervene and ease tensions following his decision to bid for a third term in next month's election. Ouattara made his appeal to religious leaders during a tour of the east of the country. A source in Ouattara's office told Reuters that informal discussions have been held with political leaders. The world's top cocoa-producing nation has seen a spate of violent protests, with a least 10 killed and over a hundred wounded in clashes between protesters and police since Ouattara announced his bid in…
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Sep
04
2020
By The African Mirror
Africa’s attempts to abandon practice of presidents for life suffer another setback

Africa’s attempts to abandon practice of presidents for life suffer another setback

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
ADEM K. ADEBE, Extraordinary Lecturer and editor of ConstitutionNet, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, University of Pretoria IVORIAN president Alassane Ouattara (78) has finally confirmed he’ll seek a third term in office in October. Within days of this, Guinea’s ruling party asked President Alpha Condé (82) to seek a third term. The actions signal that Africa is a long way from burying the ugly era of presidents for life. The period, which followed immediately after independence and lasted until the end of the 1990s, had a debilitating effect on stability, democracy and socio-economic development on the continent. In…
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