14 January – Authorities say they have rescued 137 children from Benin, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo, aged 6 to 17, who were the victims of traffickers and groomed to work on cocoa plantations or in prostitution.
11 June – At least ten soldiers are killed and six wounded in an attack in Kafolo, near the border with Burkina Faso.
July
July 8 – Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, 61, dies.
July 13 – Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan, 77, resigns for personal reasons.
August
August 12 - Three people were killed in Daoukro in clashes between supporters of Alassane Ouattara and Henri Konan Bedie. The government announced a ban on protests late in the day.
August 13 - A protester in Bonoua died during clashes with security forces, where a police station was also ransacked.
September 13 – 2020 Ivorian presidential election: Former president Henri Konan Bedie is nominated for president by the PDCI-RDA and former prime minister Guillaume Soro is nominated by the GPS. Both are living in exile and their eligibility is questioned. President Alassane Ouattara announced his candidacy in July, despite a Constitutional prohibition on a third term.
October
17 October - The home of opposition presidential candidate Pascal Affi N’Guessan was burned down in Bongouanou. Offices of the Ivorian Popular Front in Abidjan were also attacked.
December 14 – President Alassane Ouattara takes the oath of office for a controversial third term, after winning more than 94% of the October 31 vote, largely boycotted by the opposition.
December 23 – The Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) says it will participate in the 2021 Ivorian legislative election after a ten year boycott.
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