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A few days after his candidacy for the presidential election on October 25 in C\u00f4te d’Ivoire was rejected by the Constitutional Council, Tidjane Thiam flew to the United States in mid-September to discuss the political situation in his country and defend his position. The former head of Credit Suisse and president of PDCI-RDA notably met…... <\/p>\n

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