At least two people were killed in ethnic clashes in Ivory Coast following President Alassane Ouattara’s controversial announcement he would run for a third term, a hospital source, and local residents said Sunday. “One person evacuated to the regional hospital succumbed to their injuries and died this morning,” said a hospital source in Divo, adding that “several were badly wounded with machetes”. Several local people also said they had seen the body of a teenager killed in a fire in a local bar. Six people had already died in violence following Ouattara’s August 6 announcement that he would run again, while 100 were hurt. “Going back on my decision was not easy” but “there is nothing preventing me from standing,” Ouattara said Saturday.

Source: Punch August 23, 2020 13:30 UTC