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Cote d'Ivoire: Tensions High As Voters Await Election Results
RFI, 8 March 2021
Cote d'Ivoire is waiting for official results in Saturday's legislative election, with both the opposition and ruling party claiming victory. Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Opposition, Ruling Parties Claim Victory in Parliamentary Elections
DW, 8 March 2021
The election pitted two formally allied parties against each other. The dueling claims of victory came as early provisional results were released. Turnout was low due to recent… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Voters Go to the Polls to Elect New Parliament
RFI, 6 March 2021
Voters in Cote d'Ivoire cast ballots Saturday in a parliamentary election that is being seen as a key test of stability, four months after a presidential vote marked by deadly… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Nation Gears for Crucial Parliamentary Elections
DW, 3 March 2021
Elections in Ivory Coast are a chance for the opposition to regain power, with President Alassane Ouattara ruling with a majority. The outcome could decide the future of Ivorian… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire Ruling Party Wins Majority in Parliamentary Polls
Cote d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara's party has won a majority in legislative elections, winning 137 of 254 seats, official results show. AFP reports that the vote passed off peacefully and for the first time in a decade included all of the country's main political players, providing hope that Ivory Coast has begun to emerge from recent turbulence. It was a key test of stability following violence surrounding October's presidential vote, which was boycotted by the opposition and claimed 87 lives.
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Rights group, Human Rights Watch has called on authorities in the country to urgently investigate the deaths of more than 50 people in the political and intercommunal violence that ... Read more »
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Amnesty International has urged authorities to release opposition politician Pascal Affi N'Guessan, detained since November 6, 2020, on charges of terrorism and sedition. The ... Read more »
