Why ex-bank boss Tidjane Thiam has been barred from seeking the Ivorian presidency - and the potential fallout.

Ivory Coast, the world's biggest cashew grower, has raised its projected output to 1.3 million metric tons from 1.15 million ...

E lections in Ivory Coast have a tendency to turn bloody. Disputes over the result of the presidential election in 2000 were ...

Can Ivory Coast's Growth Outpace Political Fragility? Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – Thursday, May 8, 2025 (APA) – Under the leadership of Alassane Ouattara, the Ivorian economy has displayed remarkable ...

Former Credit Suisse boss Tidjane Thiam is to run for president in Ivory Coast's forthcoming election, his party has ...

Catherine Byaruhanga, presenter and correspondent for the BBC News Channel, speaks to Tidjane Thiam, the main opposition leader in the Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast opposition leader Tidjane Thiam said on Wednesday he would fight on to run in the West African nation's presidential election due in October despite having been removed from the electoral ...

The disqualification of Côte d’Ivoire’s main opposition candidate from upcoming presidential elections could undermine the nation’s reputation as a stable investment hub, his lawyer told Semafor. A ...

The road linking the airport to Abidjan's city centre, for example, is no longer named after former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, but for the man who led Ivory Coast following its ...

After the death in 2023 of former President Henri Konan Bédié, long-serving leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI), Thiam was perfectly positioned to take his place and ...

Tidjane Thiam, a former international banker and the leader of Ivory Coast's main opposition party, has told the BBC that he will not give up his place on the presidential ballot without a fight.