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Thousands protest in Abidjan against Ouattara’s fourth term bid, call for fair elections
(9 Aug 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Abidjan, Ivory Coast – 9 August 2025
1. Various of opposition protesters marching through the Yopougon neighborhood of Abidjan
2. A protester walks while chanting (French) “Power to the people”
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Sagesse Divine, activist:
“The only thing we are asking for, is we don’t want a fourth term, that’s what we want. We don’t want a fourth term, and we want the electoral roll revised, that’s what we are asking for. We want all candidates’ names included, and we want to go to the elections in peace, that’s all we want.”
4. Various of people marching with political signs, reading (French): “Another Ivory Coast is possible”, and (French): “The Bafing (region) stands up for Cheick Tidjane Thiam president 2025”
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Moustapha Bakayoko, African Peoples’ Party:
++QUALITY AS INCOMING++
“Elections are fair, voting is fair, it's part of democracy, voting is fair. Everyone has the right to express themselves. I am Ivorian, I have the right to complain, I have the right to say that I disagree with how the government operates.”
6. Members of the Agissons Ensemble (“Act Together”) party walk during the march, carrying sign, reading (French) “Everything depends on you!”
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Armand Godo, Agissons Ensemble (“Act Together”) party:
“We are demanding a revision of the electoral roll, we are demanding the reintegration of political leaders onto the list, we are demanding reform of the Electoral Commission. We are calling for fair elections in 2025. All these grievances have not been addressed by the government. So we came out to demand that the government reform its constitution.”
8. Various of demonstrators holding a poster for the communist revolutionary party of Ivory Coast, reading (French) "People of Ivory Coast, let’s mobilize for the end of the neocolonial system, for the rejection of rigged elections made in France”, and in green (French): “no exclusion, no muzzling”
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Raimond Sésségnon, activist:
“Ouattara, you need to come so we can talk. Soro must return, (former president Laurent) Gbagbo is here, (former Credit Suisse chief executive Tidjane) Thiam is here, (politician Charles) Blé Goudé, everyone–we need to talk and move forward. Let’s avoid bloodshed because bloodshed is not good.”
10. Man carrying poster, reading (French) “Paris, pay your colonial debts, and free Africa”
11. Opposition members kiss a poster of former president Laurent Gbagbo
12. People march through the Yopougon neighborhood of Abidjan
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Ivorians took to the streets in Abidjan, the capital of the West African nation, to protest against the exclusion of opposition leaders from the upcoming presidential election.
Ivory Coast, the biggest economy of francophone West Africa, is due to hold a presidential vote in October.
Earlier this year four main opposition figures, including former President Laurent Gbagbo and former Credit Suis... [truncated]
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Abidjan, Ivory Coast – 9 August 2025
1. Various of opposition protesters marching through the Yopougon neighborhood of Abidjan
2. A protester walks while chanting (French) “Power to the people”
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Sagesse Divine, activist:
“The only thing we are asking for, is we don’t want a fourth term, that’s what we want. We don’t want a fourth term, and we want the electoral roll revised, that’s what we are asking for. We want all candidates’ names included, and we want to go to the elections in peace, that’s all we want.”
4. Various of people marching with political signs, reading (French): “Another Ivory Coast is possible”, and (French): “The Bafing (region) stands up for Cheick Tidjane Thiam president 2025”
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Moustapha Bakayoko, African Peoples’ Party:
++QUALITY AS INCOMING++
“Elections are fair, voting is fair, it's part of democracy, voting is fair. Everyone has the right to express themselves. I am Ivorian, I have the right to complain, I have the right to say that I disagree with how the government operates.”
6. Members of the Agissons Ensemble (“Act Together”) party walk during the march, carrying sign, reading (French) “Everything depends on you!”
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Armand Godo, Agissons Ensemble (“Act Together”) party:
“We are demanding a revision of the electoral roll, we are demanding the reintegration of political leaders onto the list, we are demanding reform of the Electoral Commission. We are calling for fair elections in 2025. All these grievances have not been addressed by the government. So we came out to demand that the government reform its constitution.”
8. Various of demonstrators holding a poster for the communist revolutionary party of Ivory Coast, reading (French) "People of Ivory Coast, let’s mobilize for the end of the neocolonial system, for the rejection of rigged elections made in France”, and in green (French): “no exclusion, no muzzling”
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Raimond Sésségnon, activist:
“Ouattara, you need to come so we can talk. Soro must return, (former president Laurent) Gbagbo is here, (former Credit Suisse chief executive Tidjane) Thiam is here, (politician Charles) Blé Goudé, everyone–we need to talk and move forward. Let’s avoid bloodshed because bloodshed is not good.”
10. Man carrying poster, reading (French) “Paris, pay your colonial debts, and free Africa”
11. Opposition members kiss a poster of former president Laurent Gbagbo
12. People march through the Yopougon neighborhood of Abidjan
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Ivorians took to the streets in Abidjan, the capital of the West African nation, to protest against the exclusion of opposition leaders from the upcoming presidential election.
Ivory Coast, the biggest economy of francophone West Africa, is due to hold a presidential vote in October.
Earlier this year four main opposition figures, including former President Laurent Gbagbo and former Credit Suis... [truncated]
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