Thiam blamed ‘judicial harrassment’ for his decision to leave the presidency of the Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI). The PDCI was due to meet on Monday to name an interim leader. Thiam’s ...

Mr Ronnarong took the pair on the TV show, Hone Krasae, to air their claims. Ajarn Seree, as the fortune teller is known, also agreed to appear, despite Mr Ronnarong saying he faced legal action ...

Ugandan opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine has announced he will run for president again in the upcoming 2026 elections, scheduled for January. The 43-year-old whose real name is Robert ...

A court ruling in April barred former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam from running in October’s vote, saying he didn’t revoke his previous French citizenship early enough to qualify for this year’s ...

That is the painful lesson Tidjane Thiam is learning as he waits to see whether deal-making in the corridors of power and popular pressure from the street can rescue his bid to become president of ...

Thousands of Tidjane Thiam's supporters protested in Abidjan against his exclusion from Ivory Coast's presidential vote due to a nationality dispute. The court argued Thiam lost Ivorian ...

Tidjane Thiam, a former international banker and the leader of Ivory Coast's main opposition party, has told the BBC that he will not give up his place on the presidential ballot without a fight.

The court said that Thiam lost his Ivorian citizenship when he became a French citizen in 1987. Thiam has since given up his French nationality, but the court stated he should be removed from the ...

The report that the economy contracted in the first quarter underscored how much President Trump has at risk as he pursues an aggressive trade war. By David E. Sanger David E. Sanger has covered ...

Elections in Ivory Coast have a tendency to turn bloody. Disputes over the result of the presidential election in 2000 were instrumental in sparking a five-year civil war in the west African ...

The college basketball transfer portal and NIL dynamics have been nothing short of disruptive to roster building for coaches. At the end of last season, the UCF Knights basketball squad was ...