Ivory Coast votes in referendum on new constitution on Sunday

Cote d'Ivoire is heading to the polls on Sunday for a referendum on a new constitution.

The new constitution removes the age limit of 75 and scraps the requirement that both parents of presidential candidates must be native-born Ivorians. 

These are issues directly concerning President Alassane Ouattara because he is 74 so will be over the current age limit at the end of his first term.

Besides, Mr Ouattara was banned from standing in the presidential race in 1999 on the grounds that his parents came from Burkina Faso, which he denies.

That led to social and political tension, culminating in a coup and a civil war.

BBC