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