Image: Venezuelan Presidency/Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron and Alassane Ouattara, president of the Ivory Coast, have delivered the coup de grâce to a colonial relic: the CFA franc.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has named Tiemoko Meyliet Kone, governor of the West African central bank, as his vice president in a possible clue to his succession plans.

Côte d’Ivoire’s 78-year old President Alassane Ouattara, who is due to step down following the October 31 election after serving consecutive five-year terms in office, announced on August 6 ...

Ivory Coast leader Alassane Ouattara's party on Saturday tapped him to run for president again, two days after the country's two main opposition parties joined forces to fight his possible candidacy.

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara removed his prime minister and dissolved his cabinet following the ruling party’s landslide victory in local elections.

President Alassane Ouattara, the victor in Côte d’Ivoire’s October presidential election, has begun to formulate a reform agenda for his second term. Dismantling the culture of impunity that ...

Alassane Ouattara’s final interview as he exits the political scene in Cote d’Ivoire — Alassane Ouattara – “I could have manipulated the constitution to stay, but that is not my way of doing politics” ...

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara confounds critics by announcing he will step down.

The West African Economic and Monetary Union has agreed with France to a number of changes to the CFA franc currency, including a new name, Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara said ...

Ivory Coast leader Alassane Ouattara's party on Saturday tapped him to run for president again, two days after the country's two main opposition parties joined forces to fight his possible candidacy.