Côte d'Ivoire confirms Ouattara's fourth term re-election

Côte d'Ivoire's Constitutional Council on Tuesday confirmed the re-election of President Alassane Ouattara for a fourth term after getting 89.77% landslide victory.

Ouattara, 83, won the West African country's October 25 ballot with the opposition's top two candidates, ex-president Laurent Gbagbo and former Credit Suisse banker Tidjane Thiam, both prevented from running by the courts.

"Mr Alassane Ouattara has been declared elected in the first round as President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire," the Constitutional Council's President, Chantal Nanaba Camara, said in Abidjan.

Saying the court had "not received any complaints", she added that "examination of the official reports reveals no irregularities that could undermine the integrity of the election or affect the result."

Ouattara thanks Côte d'Ivoire citizens

In a post on X on Tuesday, Ouattara thanked Côte d'Ivoire voters for their "renewed confidence" in him.

This year's Côte d'Ivoire presidential vote largely passed off peacefully. The voter turnout was 50.1%, according to the council, with voters in the opposition's strongholds staying away from the ballot box.