Ivory Coast bans rallies as opposition leaders barred from October election

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Ivory Coast bans rallies as opposition leaders barred from October election  The government says the bans are necessary to maintain public order, citing false information and unrest tied to these rallies. But critics argue that the exclusions and the ban on protests mark a troubling erosion of democratic norms  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/10/03/ivory-coast-bans-rallies-as-opposition-leaders-barred-from-october-election  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00The Ivarian government has imposed the ban on public meetings and demonstrations aimed

00:04at contesting the exclusion of key opposition figures from the upcoming presidential election

00:10on October 25.

00:12The decision follows the publication of the final approved candidate list by the Constitutional

00:16Council.

00:17Several prominent opposition leaders were struck by the ballot.

00:21Among them are T.G.

00:23Ntiem, a former CEO of Credit Suisse and head of Democratic Party of Ivory Coast, former

00:28President Laurent Gbagbo, Charles-Blai Goudet and Guillaume Sereau.

00:33Tiem's disqualification is linked to a court ruling that he held French nationality at the

00:38time of registering, despite having renounced it earlier this year.

00:42Thousands have taken to the streets and protested in Abidjan's Youfou Gon Sober, crowds gathered

00:48with banners reading enough is enough.

00:50The government says the ban are necessary to maintain public order, citing false information

00:55and unrest tied to these rallies.

00:58But critics argue that exclusion and the ban on protests mark a troubling erosion of democratic

01:04norms.

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