Cote d’Ivoire: Thiam Resigns as President of the Opposition PDCI Party

Tidjane Thiam has announced his resignation as president of the Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire – African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RDA), due, in his words, to the “judicial harassment” he is facing, reports allAfrica.fr.

The announcement was made in a video posted last night on social media, while a trial, in which a PDCI activist is questioning the legality of his election as party leader in December 2023, continues.

Thiam’s party held a Political Bureau meeting on Monday morning in Abidjan to…