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.

By John Irish 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.

An Ivory Coast court on Tuesday struck main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam off the nation's electoral list, closing the door on him running in a presidential election in October.