Cote d'Ivoire: African poll show volatile democracy, The Wall Street Journal (2010) —
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Cote d'Ivoire: African poll show volatile democracy, The Wall Street Journal (2010)

This article discusses the outcomes of the elections in Cote d'Ivoire. The Sunday poll was the first presidential election in the past decade and it was considered a critical milestone in the country's democratic process. 14 candidates were competing in the elections, but three frontrunner emerged during the campaign: Laurent Gbagbo, the current president, Henri Konan Bedie, former president, and Alassane Ouattara, a popular opposition leader in the rebel-controlled north.

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