Ivory Coast Votes for President in Test of Political Stability

ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST – Ivory Coast citizens went to the polls Saturday, even as some opposition supporters — heeding a call from two rival candidates of President Alassane Ouattara for a boycott over his bid for a third term — tried to disrupt the vote.

Abidjan’s streets were quiet and largely empty, in contrast to the sometimes violent run-up to the election. The vote is seen as a test of stability in Ivory Coast, which is the world’s top cocoa producer and has one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies.

Voting went smoothly with orderly lines at polling stations in a number of…