Cote d’Ivoire: Mayor Placed Under Judicial Supervision After Election Loss Allegations

Assalé Tiémoko Antoine, mayor of Tiassalé and president of the political party Aujourd’hui et Demain la Côte d’Ivoire (ADCI), has been charged by Ivorian authorities with “disseminating false information,” “disrupting public order,” and “use of offensive language.”

Following his hearing before the senior investigating magistrate of the 8th Chamber of the Abidjan Court of First Instance on 15 May 2026, he was placed under contrôle judiciaire (judicial supervision, a pre-trial measure under…