Alassane Dramane Ouattara (ADO)

Still convalescing in France after the fitting of a heart stent the prime minister is President Alassane Ouattara's hand-picked successor but could struggle to enthuse voters in regions outside his northern base...

It comes at a bad moment for President Alassane Ouattara and the governing Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix (RHDP) as their candidate in the presidential elections due in October – Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly – is resting in Paris after cardiac treatment...

The choice of such a replacement could be made by President Alassane Ouattara but the party may opt for a primary contest because of its value in uniting the party's various strands around the victor...

Condé first sought to reconcile with Steinmetz sources in Guinea told Africa Confidential after seeking advice from President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d'Ivoire...

Borders and airspace have been closed there is a 9pm-5am curfew and markets are being disinfected after President Alassane Ouattara declared a state of emergency...

The crucial first stage of the race to succeed President Alassane Ouattara ended quickly when Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly was hastily named as the candidate of the ruling Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix (RHDP) for October's presidential election...

Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara the prime architect of the CFA reform will have to embark on a round of diplomatic bridge repairs if he is to allay suspicions of what both radical regional critics and more nationalist members of the Nigerian elite appear to regard as a neo-colonial manoeuvre seeing the eight members of the Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA) as French puppets...

Côte D'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara although backing the initiative will focus his energy on his country's presidential and legislative elections in October...

Soro has claimed as if it somehow legitimises his argument that President Alassane Ouattara in front of witnesses promised him the vice-presidency of his party and therefore as an inevitable consequence the keys to the presidential palace...

The main contenders are familiar – possibly too familiar to satisfy a restive populace – but nothing is decided yet especially whether President Alassane Ouattara intends to bid for a third term...

The government's backing of the new West African eco currency looks less like policy and more like rhetorical support for Akufo-Addo's close ally Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara who announced the new currency standing alongside France's President Emmanuel Macron in Abidjan...