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Ivory Coast votes for president amid opposition boycott

by Toussaint N'GottaKrista Larson
| October 31, 2020 2:06 AM

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Tens of thousands of security forces deployed across Ivory Coast on Saturday as the leading opposition parties boycotted the country's presidential election, calling incumbent Alassane Ouattara’s bid for a third term illegal.

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