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Ivorian football federation rejects Drogba bid

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In tonight’s show, we start in Mali where the junta has released ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Our latest report from FRANCE 24’s Nadia Massih in Bamako. In Ivory Coast, we bring you a report from the town of Bonoua — one of the flashpoints in protests against President Alassane Ouattara's controverisal bid for a third term. And ex-Chelsea star Didier Drogba has been rejected by the Ivory Coast Football Federation (FIF) to stand as its new president. The body says he is ineligible to run for technical reasons.

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