Ivory Coast’s Ouattara wins 3rd term, amid rising tensions

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast’s electoral commission says President Alassane Ouattara has overwhelmingly won a third term in office after his two main opponents boycotted the election. The commission said Ouattara had received 94.27% of the vote in Saturday’s election. The voter turnout figure was 53.90%, according to election officials, while the opposition has maintained only 10% of Ivorians took part. The president has been in power for nearly a decade and initiall