The Brief, No. 70
20 October, 2025
Elections in Cote d’Ivoire will take place on 25 October 2025. Notwithstanding the constitutional challenges at the beginning of the elections champaign and protests, there has been calm leading to the elections in Cote d’Ivoire.
Recently fake news propaganda and misinformation campaign has intensified. According to Radio France Internationale (RFI), “there are a lot of rumors and misinformation circulating about possible violence and forms of destabilization that might take place or currently taking place”. All this is meant to destabilise the country before elections.
The political processes leading to the upcoming elections in Cote d’Ivoire suggest a change in politics in the region. The manner in which the constitutional challenges on the illegibility of Ouattara’s candidacy was resolved was indicative.
Having observed the political developments leading to the elections in Cote d’Ivoire Afrasid predicts the following:
• President Alassane Ouattara will win the upcoming elections. His win will be significant in a region that is desperate for matured statesmanship as the young populist politics proliferate.
• Cote d’Ivoire is likely to be a significant conduit between Europe and the US on one hand and the region
• Attempts to push for similar revolutions that have been experienced in neighboring countries will likely continue. However, Cote d’Ivoire is likely to ring fence itself from that by strengthening its democratic institutions and intensifying its upward economic trajectory.
• Importantly, this is President Ouattara last term in office. This will open up for young energetic political leadership in Cote d’Ivoire.
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