Alassane Ouattara is sworn for a third term as President of Ivory Coast
15 December 2020 |
9:45 am
Alassane Ouattara has begun his third term as president of the Ivory Coast. His win continues to be disputed by the opposition, but in his speech Ouattara called for help from his opponents to defuse the situation. Also, more than 300 schoolboys are still missing in Nigeria, after armed kidnappers captured hundreds of children from a high school in the country's north. And as the Central African Republic gets ready to hold presidential and legislative elections, our correspondents meet with the women who are aiming to bring more female representation to the government.
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