observers Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/observers/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 31 Oct 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 observers Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/observers/ 32 32 President Alassane Ouatarra wins a second term in Cote d’Ivoire https://jjcornish.com/2016/11/president-alassane-ouatarra-wins-second-term-cote-divoire/ Mon, 31 Oct 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/11/president-alassane-ouatarra-wins-second-term-cote-divoire/ The electoral commission in Ivory Coast confirms the President has secured a second term in office with more than 83% of votes cast in last Sunday’s election. Hardline opposition boycotted the election in the country seeking to move on from bloody era sparked by his opponents after his 2010 victory.   President Alassane Ouattara won […]

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]]> The electoral commission in Ivory Coast confirms the President has secured a second term in office with more than 83% of votes cast in last Sunday’s election.

Hardline opposition boycotted the election in the

country seeking to move on from bloody era sparked by his opponents after his 2010 victory.

 

President Alassane Ouattara won a total of 2,118,229 votes, or more than 83% of ballots cast. yhe president of the Independent Electoral Commission, Youssouf Bakayoko says the  turnout was  54.63%.

Yamoussoukro, the administrative capital.

Sunday’s vote was judged to be peaceful and transparent by observers – a positive sign for investors who have flooded into the world’s top cocoa grower, drawn by growth of around 9% over the past three years.

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