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IVORY COAST Issue dated 02/10/2020

Alassane II pushing for Ouattara III

Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara.
Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara. © Eric Gaillard/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP
Determined to run for president on 31 October, Alassane Ouattara has already been dishing out ministry portfolios for his future third term. [...] (357 words)
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Fidèle Sarassoro, Alassane Ouattara's chief of staff.
Fidèle Sarassoro, Alassane Ouattara's chief of staff. © Fidèle Sarassoro Officiel/Facebook
IVORY COAST 02/03/2021

Ouattara's powerful chief of staff Fidèle Sarassoro emerges from the shadows 

A quiet technocrat who has worked at the presidency for more than 10 years, Fidèle Sarassro is standing in this week's parliamentary elections in his home town of Sinématiali. His campaign is getting strong behind-the-scenes backing from the Ivorian president, who is trying to foster the emergence of new political leaders in the Senufo-dominated north of the country. [...]

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