On 06 Aug, Alassane Ouattara confirmed plans to stand for a third consecutive term as president of Cote d’Ivoire following the sudden death of his nominated successor, Amadou Gon Coulibaly. Elections are still scheduled for 31 October 2020 and recent events have increased risks around: (a) campaign conduct, (b) the electoral process and, (c) broad-based legitimacy of the results. These risks are non-negligible. However, they exist alongside several important mitigating factors related to the historic occurrence of security risk, supply chain resilience policy continuity and multilateral engagement. Report and 30 minute discussion with team.