20-09-2020 23:43 via kvoa.com

Ivory Coast opposition urges civil disobedience before vote

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast opposition candidate Henri Konan Bedie is calling for civil disobedience to take place nationwide ahead of next month’s vote. Critics of President Alassane Ouattara consider his quest for a third term to be unconstitutional. The public declaration raises the specter of unrest in a country already scarred by post-election violence in 2010-2011 that left more than 3,000 people dead. In their declaration Sunday, Bedie and several other opposition
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