Africa: All of Africa Today – September 10, 2025

Ivory Coast’s Former First Lady Simone Gbagbo Cleared to Run for President

Ivory Coast’s former First Lady Simone Gbagbo, 76, was unexpectedly cleared as one of five candidates to contest the 25 October presidential election. She is set to run against President Alassane Ouattara, 83, who took power after she and her former husband, Laurent Gbagbo, were captured in a presidential bunker during the conflict that hit the country after the 2010 election. Former Prime Minister Pascal Affi N’Guessan…