A call by Ivory Coast's main opposition party for protests outside courts on Thursday over the barring of its candidate from this year's presidential election drew only a few hundred supporters, an AFP journalist saw.

Ivory Coast’s main opposition party will hit the streets next month to protest the disqualification of its candidate, the former Credit Suisse Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam, from running for president in elections scheduled for this year.

Ivory Coast's main opposition leader and former Credit Suisse Chief Executive, poses after an interview with Reuters in Paris, France,. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq PARIS (Reuters) -Ivory Coast opposition leader Tidjane Thiam said on Wednesday he would fight on to run in the West African nation's presidential election due in October despite having been removed from the electoral roll.