Ouattara

In Côte d'Ivoire, the RHDP, at the Mardisoir, held a political council to take stock of the election and the period that followed. Alassane Ouattara spoke with leaders of the ruling party, while the political climate is still tense. with our correspondent in Abdijan, Pierre PintoBefore Alassane Ouattara began his remarks,…

Emmanuel Macron congratulated Alassane Ouattara on his re-election as head of Côte d'Ivoire on 31 October following a highly controversial vote that led to violence across the country. The French head of state sent an official letter to his counterpart this week, calling for dialogue in the country. In this letter dated…

According to the results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission on Monday night, Alassane Ouattara obtained 94.27% of the vote. The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced the preliminary full results of the presidential election on Saturday, October 31, Monday night. Alassane Ouattara wins with 94.27% of…

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, who's operating for re-election on October 31, has been a part of Ivorian politics for thirty years. This marketing campaign, he guarantees, shall be his final. When Ouattara proclaimed that he wouldn't stand for a 3rd time period again in March, he was praised by pal and foe, each in Ivory Coast and overseas. However after the dying of his elected successor, Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, the 78-year-old as soon as once more took the marketing campaign path. Who're the…

On Friday, October 16, Alassane Ouattara launched his campaign in Bouaké, the major city in central Côte d'Ivoire, for the October 31 presidential election. The president, who was running for a third term, met at length with the traditional leaders of the region to whom he exposed his program and defended his record, suggesting that a political dialogue could be held after the election. Then he held a…

After visiting the Morounou region earlier this month, the Ivorian president spent four days in the Marahoué region. At the end of this new "state visit" in front of the remarkable and the inhabitants of Bouaflé, in the center of the country, Alassane Ouatarra spoke to his political opponents. "The law has been said and the democratic game is now open," the Ivorian president assured Bouaflé. Far from responding to the demands of the opposition, which in particular calls for the dissolution of the Independent Electoral…

Ivory Coast's head of state, Alassane Ouattara, has blown up two rivals' attempt to challenge next month's presidential election as "provocation", saying one of them is behind bars. In an interview published Thursday by the French magazine Paris Match, the 78-year-old sitting fired a verbal breadth against former President Laurent Gbagbo and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro. Both men live outside the country, but retain strong support at home, in a country still scarred by a post-election conflict that claimed more…