{"id":974,"date":"2025-06-23T20:08:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/?p=974"},"modified":"2025-06-23T20:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:16:41","slug":"ivory-coast-president-set-to-announce-whether-he-will-seek-a-fourth-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/ivory-coast-president-set-to-announce-whether-he-will-seek-a-fourth-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivory Coast president set to announce whether he will seek a fourth term"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking at a rally in Abidjan on Sunday, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said that in the coming days, he will announce whether he will run for a fourth term in the country\u2019s 25 October election.<\/strong><\/p>\n

His message to tens of thousands of supporters came a day after he was officially nominated as candidate by the ruling Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace party.<\/p>\n

The announcement followed weeks of rising political tension \u00a0triggered by a court ruling excluding several opposition politicians.<\/p>\n

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Ouattara, who has led the Ivory Coast since 2011, is accused by his critics of tightening his grip on power.<\/p>\n

His supporters see him as a beacon of stability, having made his career as an economist for the International Monetary Fund before turning to politics.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the two main opposition parties, the African People\u2019s Party of Ivory Coast (PPACI) and the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI), launched a joint campaign to demand the reinstatement of their barred leaders.<\/p>\n

The PPACI is led by former President Laurent Gbagbo, while the PDCI, the country\u2019s largest opposition force, is headed by former international banker Tidjane Thiam.<\/p>\n

Both leaders were struck from electoral list by the court, Gbagbo due to a criminal conviction and Thiam over a nationality issue.<\/p>\n

Ivory Coast has a history of election-related violence.<\/p>\n

In 2010, a dispute over Ouattara\u2019s victory led to about 3,000 deaths in clashes with Gbagbo supporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speaking at a rally in Abidjan on Sunday, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-politics"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",275,183,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",275,183,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",275,183,false],"large":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",275,183,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",275,183,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",275,183,false],"wpucv-grid-three":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",275,183,false],"wpucv-grid-two":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",275,183,false],"wpucv-grid-one":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",275,183,false],"wpucv-classic":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",255,170,false],"wpucv-classic-small":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",150,100,false],"wpucv-galary":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",275,183,false],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",275,183,false],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",275,183,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",275,183,false],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",275,183,false],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ivory.jpeg",275,183,false]},"author_info":{"info":["vicrollion"]},"category_info":"Africa<\/a> Politics<\/a>","tag_info":"Politics","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":975,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974\/revisions\/975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}