Ivory Coast goes to the polls to elect president

Tom Sykes

Ivory Coast goes to the polls to elect president

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Abstract

DESPITE sporadic violence in recent months and regional resentment towards the ruling party, hopes are high that the first presidential elections in Ivory Coast since the second civil war will pass peacefully today. Incumbent Alassane Ouattara, of the RDR party, is predicted to win a second term and continue his reconstruction programme that has achieved 10 per cent GDP growth for Ivory Coast – despite, critics have claimed, not adequately addressing poverty, corruption, human rights abuses and disarmament of wartime militias.

Original language	English
Type	News commentary
Media of output	National newspaper
Publisher	The Scotsman Publications
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 24 Oct 2015

Keywords

democracy
Ivory Coast
Cote d'Ivoire
political participation
corruption
Africa

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Ivory Coast goes to the polls to elect president

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