Ivory Coast court suspends main opposition party's elective congress

FILE PHOTO: Outgoing CEO Tidjane Thiam of Swiss bank Credit Suisse attends the annual news conference to present the results for 2019 in Zurich, Switzerland February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - A court in Ivory Coast has suspended an elective congress of the country's main opposition party in which the former chief executive of Credit Suisse, Tidjane Thiam, is among the contenders for the presidency.

The court of first instance in the capital Abidjan on Friday ordered the suspension of the congress, which had been planned for Saturday to elect a new Democratic Party leader before a presidential election in 2025.