Ouattara seeks fourth term as Ivorian youth voice frustration through poetry

Placide Konan is using his slam poetry performances to protest Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara’s bid for a fourth term in Saturday’s election.

The 33-year-old, who lives in the capital, Abidjan, told the Associated Press that he’s frustrated with the country’s struggles. Despite being one of West Africa’s economic powerhouses and the world’s largest cocoa producer, Côte d’Ivoire faces growing inequality and a poverty…