People wait for their turn to vote in the presidential election at a polling station in Gagnoa, in western Ivory Coast October 25, 2015. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Poll workers in Ivory Coast began counting ballots on Sunday after a day of peaceful voting in a presidential election seen as crucial to turning the page on a decade-long political crisis and a civil war in 2011.
President Alassane Ouattara, whose leadership has helped the West African nation re-emerge as a rising economic star on the continent, is facing a divided opposition and is heavily favoured to win re-election.
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