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Vol 66 No 9

Published 2nd May 2025


Contest heats up as court blocks Thiam

The opposition prepares mass protests after the PDCI’s presidential candidate is taken off the voters’ roll

The main opposition Parti démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI) is in crisis after an Ivorian court removed its presidential candidate Tidjane Thiam from the electoral register. The court ruled against him on 22 April because he formerly held dual French-Ivorian nationality, which bars him from the presidential race.

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