Ivory Coast’s constitutional council has excluded former president Laurent Gbagbo and opposition leader Tidjane Thiam from the October 25 presidential election. Both were removed from the electoral register – Thiam over nationality issues and Gbagbo due to a criminal conviction – clearing the way for president Alassane Ouattara’s bid for a fourth term.
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'Bamako on edge': Mali’s capital caught in the crosshairs of jihad, a military junta and geopolitics
From the heart of Bamako to the distant rural outposts of Mali, a siege has been unfolding over the years...
