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Ivorian nurse jailed for saying president should not have been born

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Ivory Coast has sentenced a nurse to three years in jail for saying Africa would have been saved if President Alassane Ouattara had not been born.

The sentence comes months before the west African country's presidential election at the end of October, with the opposition accusing Ouattara's government of attempting to stifle dissent in the run-up.

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