Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara (L) waves next to wife Dominique (R) as they arrive at Felix Houphouet-Boigny international airport in Abidjan March 2, 2014. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's main opposition party has accused President Alassane Ouattara of using a census launched on Monday to boost his re-election chances, drawing warnings from the government of a return to ethnic politics.
The Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) of former president Laurent Gbagbo said the government was recruiting the census's 30,000 agents along ethnic lines to pave the way for recent immigrants to vote in presidential polls next year.
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