FILE PHOTO: Ivory Coast's presidential candidate, former rebel leader and prime minister Guillaume Soro attends a news conference in Paris ahead of next month's election, France, September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Seeking to calm tensions in Ivory Coast ahead of a presidential election, the authorities plan to release associates of opposition leader Guillaume Soro who have been held in detention for months, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.
President Alassane Ouattara's decision to run for a third term, following the sudden death of his handpicked successor in July, has led to recurrent violent protests. The opposition has called for further unrest in the run-up to the Oct. 31 poll.
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