Namibia: Ivory Coast presidential election: What’s at stake and who’s standing? – Africa Links 24

Ivorians will head to the polls on Saturday to vote in the presidential election amid widespread anger over incumbent president Alassane Ouattara’s decision to run for a fourth consecutive term.

Under the constitution, presidents may only serve a maximum of two terms; however, Ouattara argues a major constitutional change which was implemented in 2016 “reset” his limit.

Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa and cashew nut producer, is a regional powerhouse and West Africa’s…