- People have been injured. A small bus station, bars and shops have been set on fire and looted, says Famoussa Coulibay, local politician in the city of Divo.
Violence and unrest are also reported in the cities of Gagnoa and Bonoua.
The 78-year-old Ouattara announced in early August that he was running in the election, this after his intended successor Amadou Con Coulibaly died in a heart attack. Since then, several people have been killed in riots.
The anger is due, among other things, to different interpretations of the constitution in the question of whether a president may serve a maximum of two terms or not.
Ivory Coast is a neighboring country to Mali, where the military has seized power after popular protests.