Ivory Coast Opposition Leader Thiam Excluded From October's Presidential Ballot List

Ivory Coast opposition leader Thiam excluded from October's presidential ballot list

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

Ivory Coast: opposition candidates barred from electoral lists

A party official from Ivory Coast's opposition Democratic Party has confirmed on Wednesday that party leader Tijane Thiam as well as three other leading candidates were removed from the final version of electoral lists. The presidential election is set to take place in October.