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Unity on stage – but what happens after Ouattara?

Behind the spectacle and strength of the ruling party is its dependence on one man and an opposition in retreat

Leadership succession and regional stability were set to dominate the informal talks between Côte d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Dramane Ouattara and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris on 16 July. Ouattara took a break in France, where he and his wife Dominique Ouattara own property, following his triumphal appearance at the congress of the ruling Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix (RHDP).

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