ABIDJAN: Voting ended Saturday in Ivory Coast for a new president, with incumbent Alassane Ouattara expected to win a fourth term against a divided opposition further hobbled by the barring of two leading candidates. One senior opposition figure has already dismissed the vote as “electoral robbery” and turnout was low in parts of the country’s south and west, where the opposition is popular. “I didn’t vote,” said 26-year-old student Olivier in the working-class Blockhaus district of Abidjan.

Civil society and opposition urge shutdowns and boycotts as Alassane Ouattara seeks fourth term in presidential polls.

In der Côte d’Ivoire tritt der Präsident Ouattara abermals an. Die beiden aussichtsreichsten Herausforderer aber sind von der Wahl ausgeschlossen.