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

Tidjane Thiam, a former international banker and the leader of Ivory Coast's main opposition party, has told the BBC that he ...

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

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

Catherine Byaruhanga, presenter and correspondent for the BBC News Channel, speaks to Tidjane Thiam, the main opposition leader in the Ivory Coast.

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

Thousands of Tidjane Thiam's supporters protested in Abidjan against his exclusion from Ivory Coast's presidential vote due ...

Thousands of supporters of Ivory Coast's opposition candidate Tidjane Thiam gathered in Abidjan on Saturday to protest against his exclusion from the west African country's presidential vote .

Five months before the presidential elections in Ivory Coast, the recently-formed opposition coalition, called CAP Côte d'Ivoire, has called upon the government to implement electoral reforms ahead of ...

Tidjane Thiam, a former international banker and leader of Ivory Coast's main opposition party, has told the BBC he is ...