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The political year was dominated by the presidential elections that took place on Sunday 13 November. The contested candidacy of the incumbent President Compaoré and the weakness of the opposition were major features of the election process. Topics that dominated the elections were the impact of the continued violence in Côte d'Ivoire and the slowing of econo…