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Both sides claim victory as Ivory Coast counts votes
7 March 2021By AFP
2 min 4Approximate reading time Ivory Coast’s ruling party and the main opposition both claimed victory Sunday in the West African nation’s legislative elections, with the official results still to be announced. Saturday’s polls come as a key test of stability following violence before and after October’s presidential vote, which claimed 87 lives in the former French colony. Adama Bictogo, number two in the ruling RHDP party, said early trends from local election commissions “clearly show that our party will emerge victorious with a comfortable majority”.
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara named a close ally as interim prime minister on Monday, citing the incumbent PM's ill health, as his ruling party and the main opposition both claimed victor…
Ivory Coast's main opposition party on Sunday claimed victory in legislative elections in the West African nation, alleging that preliminary results were riddled with irregularities. "Our concern is that the results may be manipulated," said Koffi of the centre-right Ivory Coast Democratic Party (PDCI), warning the government against "any attempt to falsify" them.
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