Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara won a third term with 94.27 percent of the vote, final results showed on Monday, after an election that opposition parties largely boycotted and dismissed as illegal.
Main opposition figures are facing criminal charges after denouncing the Oct. 31 vote and creating a rival government in protest.
Opposition groups say Ouattara violated the constitution, which limits presidents to two terms. Ouattara says the approval of a new constitution in 2016 allows him to restart his mandate.
At least three people were killed today in clashes in Ivory Coast between rival communities over President Alassane Ouattara's contested reelection, a local official said.
The inter-ethnic violence erupted in the central-eastern town of Daoukro, an opposition stronghold, local government administrator Solange Aka told AFP, adding that 41 people were injured.
Clashes in the run-up to the vote and on election day killed around 35 people, officials said, raising concerns about the stability of Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer.
At a press conference on Monday, Constitutional Council President Mamadou Kone officially announced Ouattara's victory, confirming last week's provisional results.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, REUTERS)
