Côte d'Ivoire

The Front Populaire Ivoirien (FPI) announced one of its supporters died when stone-throwing youths attacked a party rally on January 21. The FPI went on to claim that the assailants were linked to the government: "It was sanctioned by those in power. They like violence and they are afraid of us expressing ourselves," according to Sylvain Miaka Ouretto, interim president of the FPI. There have already been several incidents of youths allegedly connected to Alassane Ouattara's Rassemblement Des Républicains targeting FPI meetings.

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