2020 Ivorian protests
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The 2020 Ivorian protests were a series of massive rioting and increasingly violent street demonstrations adding to the growing massive street protests and civil disorder sweeping Ivory Coast. The protests were against the results and the re-run of president Alassane Ouattara. These protests were major anti-government opposition protests, and consisted of supporters of opposition protests in Abidjan and other cities in support of democratic reforms. Protesters used nonviolent tactics but met with intense violence back from the riot police.[1][2]
The protests surrounded president's Alassane Ouattara bid for a third term in running for the 2020 Ivorian presidential election, which reignited weeks of violent demonstrations that left six dead. As the popular uprising intensified, the government began to ignore and target opposition members and opposition supporters, calling them criminals and targeting a violent crackdown on the demonstrators and even burning the homes of opposition member participating in the 31 October elections.[3]