A person drives by past a campaign poster of presidential candidate Ahoua Don Mello, ahead of Ivory Coast's presidential election scheduled for October 25, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, October 20, 2025. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Alassane Ouattara's long path to becoming Ivory Coast president included two elections in which he was disqualified from running and a brief but brutal 2010-11 civil war spurred by his predecessor's refusal to leave office.
