Alassane Ouattara

Tidjane Thiam, CEO of Credit Suisse, speaks at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

A court in Ivory Coast removes a former Credit Suisse CEO from the presidential ballot

A lawyer says an Ivory Coast court has ruled that former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam is not eligible to run for president because of his dual Ivorian-French nationality. Ivory Coast is set to hold the vote in October.
 
Tidjane Thiam, CEO of Credit Suisse, speaks at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Former Credit Suisse CEO nominated to run in Ivory Coast presidential election

 
Ivorian special forces soldiers conduct an urban reconnaissance exercise under the supervision of French special forces during the annual US. Military led counterterrorism training known as Flintlock, near base camp Loumbila, Jacqueville, Ivory Coast, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui, File)

Ivory Coast asks French troops to leave, the latest African country to do so

 
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Cape Verde Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva, at the Government Palace in Praia, Cape Verde, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken begins Africa tour in Cape Verde, touting the US as a key security and economic partner

 
FILE - President of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has removed the country’s prime minister and dissolved the government, according to a senior public official. The presidency’s secretary general Abdourahmane Cissé said in a statement Friday, Oct. 6, 2023 that Prime Minister Patrick Achi was removed alongside the members of the government after the president signed a decree terminating their roles in exercising his constitutional powers. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, file)

Ivory Coast’s president removes the prime minister and dissolves the government in a major reshuffle

 

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