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Politics Gbagbo rallies opposition against Ouattara fourth term bidFormer Ivory Coast President Gbagbo.Image Credits : ReutersReuters 16 August 2025, 20:47 Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo rallied supporters in Abidjan on Saturday criticizing incumbent President Alassane Ouattara bid for a fourth term ahead of October presidential election.Gbagbo, leader of the African People Party of Cote d ;Ivoire PPA-CI , addressed a large crowd of chanting supporters, many holding posters with his image. Banners opposing Ouattara re-election attempt were prominently displayed.Gbagbo, along with former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, is barred from running in the upcoming election due to criminal convictions related to the country 2010-2011 post-election crisis.Last month, the African Court on Human and Peoples ; Rights rejected petitions from both Gbagbo and Soro challenging their exclusion from the electoral process.The decision has further complicated Ivory Coa tappo stanley st political landscape, with several opposition figures unable to contest the October 25 vote. stanley cup Autho stanley cup r Jeem Alexandra residents in shock following several killings, including that of an Alex FM DJ

Business IMF board expected to decide Managing Director Georgieva fate on MondayInternational Monetary Fund IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva makes remarks during a closing news conference for the International Monetary Finance Committee, during the IMF and World Bank s 2019 Annual Meetings of finance ministers and bank governors, in Washington, U.S., October 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mike TheilerImage Credits : IMFReuters 11 October 2021, 07:31 The International Monetary Fund IMF executive board was meeting on Sunday with ManagingDirector Kristalina Georgieva and the law firm that claims she pressured World Bank staff to change data to favour China in her previous job, sources famili stanley mug ar with the matter said.The 24-member board plans to meet again on Monday to dec stanley borraccia ideGeorgieva future at the helm of the global lender, just as top officials from many of its 190 member countries arrive for the IMF and World Bank fall meetings in Washington said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity.The IMF executive board debated the matter for five hours on Friday before adjourning and scheduling separate meetings on Sunday with Georgieva and attorneys from the WilmerHale law firm. Those meetings stretched into the evening hours stanley website on Sunday.The scandal threatens to overshadow the high-profile meetings, where Georgieva, World Bank President David Malpassand other senior officials plan to discuss the global economy,the ongoing COVI