Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said Tuesday he will seek a fourth term in Ivory Coast's October 25 election, as tensions rise over the exclusion of many heavyweight opposition candidates.
"I am a candidate because the constitution of our country allows me to run for another term and my health permits it," the 83-year-old said, adding that the world's top cocoa producer was "facing unprecedented security, economic, and monetary challenges, the management of which requires experience".
The 83-year-old president declared his plan in a televised announcement. He won a third term in 2020 after he initially said he wasn't going to run again. However, he changed his position following the death of his hand-picked successor, Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly.
His most prominent rival, Tidjane Thiame, has already been barred from running by a court because he has dual citizenship.
Ouattara's candidacy is contested after he reset the presidential term limit in a constitutional change.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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