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Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara sets up executive committee within RHDP ruling party

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Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan, on 7 August 2026.
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan, on 7 August 2026. © Sia Kambou/AFP

The president has discreetly assembled a new governing body within the Rassemblement des Houphouëtistes pour la Démocratie et la Paix. It will be headed by Gilbert Kafana Koné and Deputy PM Téné Birahima Ouattara.

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