In Abidjan’s large suburb of Yopougon, seven of nine candidates are standing as independents, with one candidate from the Parti démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire-Rassemblement démocratique africain and the other from the Rassemblement des républicains. Another suburb, Abobo, offers a similar picture: five of seven independents, one PDCI, one RDR. The latter happens to be the heavyweight Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Energy, Adama Toungara.
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