Ivory Coast Leader’s Legitimacy at Stake in Vote He’s Set to Win
- Ouattara’s decision to stand again triggered election boycott
- President has faced allegations of nepotism and graft
Ouattara has named relatives to senior positions in the presidency and ruling party officials have won state contracts that never went out to public tender.
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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara sheltered in a hotel for months after he won 2010 elections, protected by United Nations troops from hostile fighters. A decade on, he’s facing a new challenge: convincing an increasingly skeptical population he can stay on for five more years.