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Thiam Election Ban Sparks Fears of Ivory Coast Unrest
An Ivory Coast court’s decision to remove Tidjane Thiam from the voters’ roll effectively disqualified the former Credit Suisse chief executive officer from this year’s presidential election, raising the risk of political instability in the world’s biggest cocoa-producing nation.
Cocoa has long provided a lifeline in Ivory Coast but adverse weather and plant diseases have hurt harvests in recent years.
Jean Mari Konan Yao says he’s struggling as a cocoa farmer in the West African nation of Ivory Coast, which produces almost half the world’s cocoa supply of the raw ingredient used in chocolate.
An Ivory Coast court on Tuesday struck main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam off the nation's electoral list, closing the door on him running in a presidential election in October. The court said ...
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