Three months before Ivory Coast’s presidential election, long-standing leader Alassane Ouattara has announced he will be standing for a fourth term in office.
Ouattara in a televised address on Tuesday said "I am a candidate because I want our beloved Côte d'Ivoire to continue to remain a prosperous country, in peace and security," he said in a televised address on Tuesday.
The 83-year-old president said both his health and the country’s Constitution allows him to serve another term.
Ouattara who has been president since 2011, said the country was facing “unprecedented security, economic, and monetary challenges.
“Indeed, the terrorist threat is growing in the sub-region and economic uncertainties at the international level constitute a risk for our country,” he said.
He added that he believed the management of this situation required someone with experience.
