Côte d’Ivoire: not quite reconciliation, but inclusion supports positive economic outlook

Ivoirian political parties are headed into a season of leadership congresses in which they will select electoral candidates and policy platforms, all aimed to secure victory in the country’s presidential election due on October 21, 2020. Presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire can be a flashpoint for ethnonationalist conflict, however, the West African country’s principal political parties are positioning themselves based on macroeconomic promise and demographic persuasion, as opposed to the derisory and inflammatory ethnic-based exclusion of year’s past. Alliances are being sought-after, but at this point, Côte d’Ivoire electoral politics are still in a state of fluidity. The incumbent party, …

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