‘Folks look very wanting to forged their poll’ after a tumultous build-up to the election

Polls opened within the Ivory Coast on Saturday to elect a brand new chief as longtime President Alassane Ouattara seeks a fourth time period after key contenders had been barred from contesting. Reporting from the densely populated neighbourhood of Treichville, FRANCE 24 Journalist Justice Baidoo mentioned “folks look very wanting to forged their poll”, with some arriving as early as 6am. Main as much as the election, some 700 folks had been arrested throughout a number of protests throughout the nation, mentioned Baidoo.