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Opposition Leader Stripped of Candidacy in Ivory Coast

4/24/2025

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Ivory Coast's opposition leader, Tidjane Thiam, faces a shocking setback as he is struck from the electoral roll, barring him from the upcoming presidential election. The judiciary claims he lost his nationality when he became a French citizen in 1987. Thiam fiercely denounces this as "democratic vandalism," leaving the ruling party's candidate still a mystery.

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Ivory Coast's opposition leader, Tidjane Thiam, faces a shocking setback as he is struck from the electoral roll, barring him from the upcoming presidential election. The judiciary claims he lost his nationality when he became a French citizen in 1987. Thiam fiercely denounces this as "democratic vandalism," leaving the ruling party's candidate still a mystery.