Ivory Coast arrests 237 youths protesting  authoritarian drift after removal of presidential terms limits

Ivory Coast arrests 237 youths protesting authoritarian drift after removal of presidential terms limits

Ivory Coast, a nation of 32 million and the largest economy in Francophone West Africa, is due to hold a presidential election in two weeks. Earlier this year, four main opposition figures, including former President Laurent Gbagbo and former Credit Suisse Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam, were barred from running by the electoral commission.

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