Just four days before tense presidential elections, an Ivory Coast court on Tuesday sentenced 32 people to three years in prison for participating in banned demonstrations this month. The Barron's ...
Courts in Ivory Coast have sentenced 26 people accused of taking part in banned demonstrations ahead of next week's presidential elections to three years in prison, two lawyers told AFP Friday. The ...
Reports have emerged of journalists being detained, news outlets targeted, and peaceful protesters met with force, creating what one reporter calls a “climate of fear” ahead of the October 25 vote.