Ouattara keeps options open for his successor | Article Preview

The octogenarian President has lined up a beauty parade of contenders – even as his supporters say he may stand again in 2025, Succession gossip – rarely quiet for long in Abidjan – is simmering after President Alassane Ouattara appointed a new deputy and reshuffled the cabinet and the top ranks of the ruling Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix (RHDP). New Vice-President Tiémoko Meyliet Koné made his diplomatic début visiting Guinea-Bissau for talks with President Úmaro Sissoco Embaló in the week-ending 7 May.

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