Recent elections have left the ruling RHDP in a comfortable political position but Tidjane Thiam s ascent in the PDCI has raised the stakes, Unless a yet-to-be-known actor has a spectacular political ascent, the 2025 presidential election will be a contest between the Parti démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI) on the one hand – the party has begun its recovery from three decades of sclerosis under the stagnant leadership of its former president, the late Henri Konan Bédié – and the Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix (RHDP) on the other.
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After a decade of hesitation, President Ouattara backs reconciliation with everyone – except his former premier, Former First lady Simone Ehivet Gbagbo, ex-wife of former President Laurent Gbagbo, is asking for forgiveness from the whole nation and from all those who suffered, who lost parents, jobs and were forced into exile, as a result of political violence in 2002 and 2010. Last year, her former husband Laurent made his peace with his bitter rival and Côte d Ivoire s President Alassane Ouattara.
The party in power in Côte d Ivoire and an opposition party signed Tuesday in Abidjan "a partnership agreement" for "national reconciliation, social cohesion and democracy", in a country with a recent history marked by political violence.
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