[Associated Press]
Ivory Coast’s president, who took office after a protracted, bloody struggle with his predecessor, says he will run for a second term in 2015.
Alassane Ouattara made the announcement Wednesday while visiting the northern town of M’Bengue. He says he wants another five-year term to continue “the important work” already underway.
Ouattara defeated then-President Laurent Gbagbo in the November 2010 presidential runoff vote, but Gbagbo refused to step down.