Clashes broke out after Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, after initially saying he would not stand again, changed his mind following the sudden death of prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, his anointed successor.
ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara called for peace after clashes that have claimed at least eight lives as he filed his candidacy on Monday for elections less than three months away.
"I know I can count on all my fellow citizens to ensure that this election is peaceful and that Ivorians can make their choice in peace, without violence," Ouattara said as he left the headquarters of the Independent Electoral Commission in Abidjan, flanked by most members of the government. The constitution limits presidents to two terms, but 78-year-old Ouattara and his supporters argue that a 2016 constitutional tweak reset the clock, allowing him to seek a third.
At least two more were killed at the weekend in clashes at Divo, 200 kilometres from Abidjan, after Ouattara formally accepted his nomination by the ruling RHDP party.
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