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Ballot counting is underway in the Ivory Coast after voters went to the polls Saturday in a tense and disputed presidential election. President Alassane Ouattara, 83, is seeking a controversial fourth term—despite widespread backlash, opposition disqualifications, and a muted turnout in key urban areas. To unpack what’s at stake, I’m joined by a returning guest and friend of this program, Dr. Gnaka Lagoke, an Associate Professor of History, Philosophy, and Religion at Lincoln University and a respected voice on Ivorian and African politics.

Dr. Lagoke has been sounding the alarm for years about what he calls “constitutional coups” and the erosion of democratic norms in West Africa.