False rumors of a military coup in Côte d’Ivoire

President Alassane Ouattara chaired a cabinet meeting in Abidjan Government making the rumor false as earlier reported that a coup took place in Ivory Coast. A False rumors of a military coup in Côte d’Ivoire spread rapidly online while President Alassane Ouattara chaired a cabinet meeting in Abidjan Government sources and local journalists swiftly debunked the misinformation, confirming both the president’s public appearance and national stability

The incident reflects rising coup-related paranoia in West Africa as the country prepares for the upcoming African Development Bank annual summit Read more: President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire appeared in public on Wednesday, leading a cabinet meeting at the presidential palace in Abidjan amid a swirl of social media rumors falsely claiming a military coup was underway in the West African country.