Abidjan is bracing for a highly polarised presidential election scheduled for 25 October 2025, as President Alassane Ouattara’s ruling party moves to endorse his expected bid for a fourth term.

Thousands of protesters gathered in Ivory Coast 's capital Abidjan on Saturday to demand the reinstatement on the electoral list of main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam, a former CEO of Credit ...

Hearts of Oak head coach Aboubakar Ouattara was full of praise for his players on Sunday afternoon after their 1-0 win against FC Samartex in the final day of the 2024/25 Ghana Premier League season.

The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the most frequent killers.

In a move aimed at strengthening his position of power in the Ivorian political makeup, President Alassane Ouattara has banned the most influential presidential candidates from the 2025 election.

ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast opposition leader and former Credit Suisse chief Tidjane Thiam has been excluded from the country's final list of presidential candidates, rendering him ineligible to contest ...

Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara under international pressure to let Tidjane Thiam run for president. With Thiam's candidacy facing invalidation, several leading figures, including Emmanuel Macron and ...

Four prominent opposition figures in Côte d'Ivoire have been excluded from the final electoral list, officials announced on Wednesday, leaving them ineligible to contest presidential elections ...

Thiam, who was widely seen as the main challenger to President Alassane Ouattara, ... In 2015 and 2020, Ouattara won with more than 80 percent of the vote.

President Alassane Ouattara, 83, who has been in power since 2011, is included on the electoral register but has yet to announce if he will seek a fourth term. In 2015 and 2020, Ouattara won with ...

Hearts of Oak coach Aboubakar Ouattara is set to be elevated to the role of technical director at the Ghanaian powerhouse following the imminent appointment of Maxwell Konadu as the club’s new ...