Gendarme shot and killed as tensions mount ahead of Ivory Coast presidential election

As tension continues to mount in Ivory Coast ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, a gendarme has been shot and killed while on patrol in the south of the country.

His assailants have not been identified but the region is a traditional opposition stronghold and has been the site of recent protests after the two leading opposition candidates, Laurent Gbagbo and Tidjane Thiam, were barred from standing in the upcoming election….