Cote d’Ivoire: An Electoral Puzzle – Handling Côte d’Ivoire’s High-Risk Poll

President Alassane Ouattara’s bid for a fourth term and the exclusion of key opponents are fuelling tensions ahead of Côte d’Ivoire’s October presidential election. With three months to go before the poll, the government and opposition can still take action to avoid repeating past mistakes.

[Translation from French]

What’s new? Côte d’Ivoire will hold a presidential election in October. There has been no violence yet, but President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to run a fourth time, the exclusion…