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Ouattara Launches Ivory Coast Presidential Bid as Police Disperse Banned Opposition Rally

The two-week race features five approved candidates after courts barred Laurent Gbagbo and Tidjane Thiam.

Entre ferveur et discipline de parti, Mamadou Touré, ministre de la Promotion de la Jeunesse et porte-parole adjoint du RHDP, est en première ligne pour défendre le quatrième mandat d’Alassane Ouattara et son bilan.
Une manifestante lors de la marche du Front commun, le 11 octobre 2025, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
With the top two challengers out of the ring, Ouattara is widely expected to win a fourth term
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Overview

  • Campaigning runs Oct. 10–25 ahead of the Oct. 25 vote, with the Constitutional Council clearing five candidates to stand.
  • Alassane Ouattara opened his fourth-term campaign at a packed rally in Daloa, a strategic central-west city in the cocoa belt.
  • Police used tear gas to break up a prohibited opposition protest in Abidjan on Oct. 11, with the interior minister reporting 237 arrests.
  • The PDCI–PPA-CI Common Front has sought street mobilization despite recent bans, and at least 30 activists have been charged for public order offenses.
  • Challengers Jean‑Louis Billon, Simone Ehivet Gbagbo, Ahoua Don Mello and Henriette Lagou began events in key regions, as the ruling RHDP urges a landslide for Ouattara.