Young country, old rulers: Ivory Coast's election paradox

Ouattara supporters outside of Abidjan. In Ivory Coast as elsewhere in Africa, spontaneous change in favour of younger, brasher leaders is a most unlikely scenario. [AFP]

The average age in Ivory Coast is just 19, while the leading candidates in the presidential election are aged 78 and 86

Ivorians on Saturday will be called out to vote in presidential elections where the frontrunners are nearly two generations older than the average citizen.