Côte d’Ivoire is preparing to hold its presidential elections in October 2025. With four candidates excluded, President Alassane Ouattara, who has been in office since 2011, is expected to run for ...

France's Minister of Armed Froces Sébastien Lecornu (C) at the entrance of General Ouattara Thomas d'Aquin military in Port-Bouet in Abidjan on February 20, 2025. ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP France returned ...

President Alassane Ouattara, running for re-election, at his final campaign rally at Place de la République in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, on October 23, 2025. MISPER APAWU / AP He's at every street ...

Ivorians went to the polls on 25 October 2025 to choose between incumbent president Alassane Ouattara - seeking a fourth five-year term - and one of four candidates who didn't have the backing of the ...

As the international community focuses its attention on the elections in Mali, neighboring Côte d'Ivoire is increasingly perceived as being on track in its transition toward democracy and development.