Cote d’Ivoire: political risk and Ouattara’s state of the nation

Summary President Ouattara will address his nation on the eve of Côte d’Ivoire’s 58th anniversary of independence. The Ivoirian president will want to convey that national stability is being achieved, however the reemergence of once-buried ethnopolitical divisions undermines Ouattara’s confidence and points to elevated political risk in the West African country. Analysis President Alassane Ouattara will deliver August 6 a state of the nation address to commemorate Côte d’Ivoire’s 58th anniversary of independence. While the Ivoirian president will aim to convey a positive tone of national peace, stability and inclusiveness, ethnopolitical divisions amid elections-related political stress that undermine Ouattara’s tenure …

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