Tensions are rising in the country ahead of October polls, with many wary of a repeat of election violence seen in 2011.

Parties led by former Credit Suisse AG Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam and ex-President Laurent Gbagbo agreed to form ...

The two opposition parties excluded from the forthcoming presidential election in Ivory Coast have formed an alliance ...

Thousands protested in Abidjan after opposition leader Tidjane Thiam was barred from Ivory Coast's presidential race, ...

Thousands of protesters have gathered in Ivory Coast’s capital Abidjan to demand the reinstatement on the electoral list of ...

President Alassane Ouattara said on Sunday he would announce in the coming days whether he will run for a fourth term in ...

Ouattara delayed announcing 2025 candidacy, promises decision soon. • RHDP backs him; opposition calls the run unconstitutional. • A fourth bid may heighten political tensions. On Sunday, June 22, ...

Tidjane Thiam, a former CEO of Credit Suisse and the main opposition leader in Ivory Coast, has been excluded from the country’s final list of presidential candidates. Thiam and three ...

Tidjane Thiam, CEO of Credit Suisse, speaks at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. Credit: AP/Mark Lennihan. By The Associated PressUpdated April 22, 2025.

Ivory Coast former trade minister Jean-Louis Billon said he is seeking to represent the opposition PDCI party in October's presidential election after former Credit Suisse chief Tidjane Thiam was ...

Tidjane Thiam, the chief executive of the Swiss bank, had a grand plan to change the bank’s focus, but events have overtaken him. By Dominic Elliott Credit Suisse C.E.O. Asks for a Cut in His Bonus ...