Cote d’Ivoire: Will Alassane Ouattara Secure a Fourth Term?

Having emerged as the leader of Côte d’Ivoire in April 2011, following bloody post-electoral violence that cost 3,000 lives, President Alassane Ouattara is preparing to seek a fourth mandate ahead of presidential elections in October 2025. His third term, which began in 2020, was already a source of controversy, judged as anti-constitutional by the opposition and marred by deadly intercommunal violence in multiple cities across the country.

Five years later, and despite these unfortunate…