Tidjane Thiam’s campaign has been halted because presidential candidates are not allowed to hold dual citizenship.

Four men from Ivory Coast, a West African country, have been arrested some three years after a 17-year-old boy caught in a “sextortion” scam took his own life, federal officials announced.

Even a stellar international business career cannot prepare you for the hard realities of politics in Ivory Coast, where some are questioning the democratic credentials of the West African nation ...