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One killed as pre-election protests spread in Ivory Coast

One killed as pre-election protests spread in Ivory Coast

ANGE ABOA  ONE person was killed and several injured when security forces opened fire on protesters in the southeast of Ivory coast yesterday, several witnesses said, a sign of spreading unrest ahead of an October 31 election boycotted by the opposition. More than a dozen people have been killed since August in protests against President Alassane Ouattara's plan to stand for a third term, which his opponents say violates the constitution. Images shared on social media showed protesters carrying a man through the streets of the town of Bonoua on a sheet of metal. "I saw the young man who…
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