Ivory Coast: In Abidjan’s bustling neighbourhood of Abobo, ‘it’s Alassane or nothing’
Africa • Oct 22, 2025, 2:48 PM
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In President Alassane Ouattara’s stronghold of Abobo, a working-class commune in Abidjan’s north, the incumbent’s supporters are convinced that he will win Saturday’s presidential election in a first-round “knockout blow”. FRANCE 24 spoke to some of the president’s most ardent fans about what three terms of Ouattara have done for the neighbourhood.
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'Inequality & division: Ouattara offers 'stability at exclusion of Ivorians from electoral process'
Africa • 10:08 AM
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Candidates in Ivory Coast’s presidential election held their final rallies as the campaign officially concluded in the West African nation of 30 million people. The country goes to the polls with incumbent President Alassane Ouattara seeking a fourth ter
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