Less Than Half of Ivorian Candidates Sign Election Code of Conduct

Less than half the candidates in this month's Ivory Coast presidential election signed a good conduct pledge on Wednesday as some opposition politicians said the vote would not be democratic and risked turning violent. President Alassane Ouattara is heavily favored to win re-election in the October 25 ballot meant to draw a line under a decade-long crisis which ended in a civil war that killed over 3,000 people after the last presidential vote in 2010. The campaign period...

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