Thiam’s exclusion stems from a legal complaint filed by private citizens citing a rarely used clause in the 1961 Nationality ...

Why ex-bank boss Tidjane Thiam has been barred from seeking the Ivorian presidency - and the potential fallout.

Tidjane Thiam, leader of Ivory Coast's main opposition party, has been removed from the electoral list ahead of the October 25 presidential election. On Tuesday, April 22, the court ruled that Thiam ...

The head of Ivory Coast's main opposition party on Thursday claimed the government was trying to silence dissent before ...

Thiam has since given up his French nationality, but the court stated he should be removed from the electoral roll because he ...

The disqualification of Côte d’Ivoire’s main opposition candidate from upcoming presidential elections could undermine the nation’s reputation as a stable investment hub, his lawyer told Semafor. A ...

Tidjane Thiam’s shock removal from Côte d’Ivoire’s electoral roll likely ends his presidential bid, shaking up October’s ...

On April 22, 2025, a court in Abidjan ruled that opposition leader Tidjane Thiam had lost his Ivorian citizenship, ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — A court in Ivory Coast ruled on Tuesday that Tidjane Thiam, a former CEO of Credit Suisse, is not eligible to run for president because of his dual Ivorian-French nationality, ...

E lections in Ivory Coast have a tendency to turn bloody. Disputes over the result of the presidential election in 2000 were ...

A court in Ivory Coast ruled on Tuesday that opposition leader and former Credit Suisse Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam should be removed from the electoral roll because he was a French national ...