Ivory Coast 'moving forward' as Abidjan inaugurates third bridge A year before the presidential election of October 2015, Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara inaugurated a third bridge in the economic capital Abidjan, made to unclogg the city's heavy traffic. It is major topic in local politics, with the president trying to show that Ivory Coast is "moving forward" after a major political and military crisis in 2011. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES