Lou Morelles Lou Morelles est journaliste freelance. analysis Ivory Coast. Alassane Ouattara’s democracy in name only Lou Morelles · 13 November A year after his fourth election, in October 2025 with 90 % of the vote, the Ivorian head of state is concentrating all power in himself and his party. Opposition leaders, when they are not being prosecuted, are scattered or in exile. Civic space, meanwhile, is shrinking ever further. (…)