People wait for the opening of a polling office during the presidential election in Abidjan, Ivory Coast October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Voting started in Ivory Coast on Saturday as President Alassane Ouattara seeks a third term in an election two rival candidates have urged their supporters to boycott.
The streets of the commercial capital Abidjan were quiet and largely empty in contrast to the sometimes violent run-up to the election, which is seen as a test of stability in Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer and one of Africa's fastest-growing economies.
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