{"id":1810930,"date":"2025-10-25T13:59:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T11:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livetube.tv\/news\/video-ivory-coast-election-country-heads-to-polls-amid-political-tension"},"modified":"2025-10-25T13:59:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T11:59:03","slug":"video-ivory-coast-election-country-heads-to-polls-amid-political-tension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livetube.tv\/news\/video-ivory-coast-election-country-heads-to-polls-amid-political-tension","title":{"rendered":"Video: Ivory Coast election: Country heads to polls amid political tension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNye-wNBqNL5ZzHSJj3l8Bg\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube Al Jazeera<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voting began quietly in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, with reports of low turnout in the early hours of election day. 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