Laurent Gbagbo will be a candidate for the 2025 presidential election. The former Ivorian president agreed on Saturday to lead the party he founded, the African People's Party - Côte d'Ivoire (PPA-CI) He was acquitted in 2019 by the Netherlands-based ICC of charges related to his role in a civil war sparked by his refusal to acknowledge defeat in an election.
President Alassane Ouattara, who was re-elected in 2020, has not yet said whether he will run again.