![[Nigeria] Rolake Odetoyinbo, a 35 year-old lady living with HIV, writes a column titled In Moments Like This- Living with HIV in the Sunday Punch newspapers, Nigeria's largest circulating weekly, and runs a Television version every Saturday on the nationa](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/2005102712.jpg.webp?itok=bCOhcFHj "Vous pensez que je n’ai pas de désir sexuel ? s’interroge Rolake Odetoyinbo à la télévision.")
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The European Union (EU) said on Thursday that it deplored “the restrictions imposed on voters’ freedom of choice” by the Ivoirian Supreme Court’s decision to bar Alassane Dramane Ouattara from running for election to parliament on Sunday.
The EU said the decision “mars preparations for those elections as it could lead to the absence of a significant portion of Cote d’Ivoire’s electorate from the electoral process”. It urged the Ivorian authorities “to do everything possible to re-establish national cohesion and take account of the balance of all the country’s political forces”. It also called on “the authorities and on all political forces to act responsibly and ban all forms of violence”.
The US State Department said the decision “calls into question the
government’s commitment to promoting genuine national reconciliation.”
Deputy Spokesman Philip Reeker said on Thursday: “We continue to urge all parties to participate in the December 10 elections and call on the government to ensure these elections are free, fair, transparent and inclusive.”
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