But with a presidential election on Saturday, Coulibaly says he feels abandoned by politicians.

Ouattara, like any of the other candidates, has lost his support.

I'm very disappointed with ALS, the politicians in general, because politics should first start in the neighborhood where you campaign.

They're the ones who are supposed to help you be there to support you when you need to present your grievances to the administration so they could take care of you.

Up to 3000 people died in the 2010 2011 conflict after Lauren Gbagbo refused to accept defeat.

Toe Ouattara Pretty Bali, a former bus driver, fears that history will repeat.

Nearly 30 people have been killed in clashes and protests since Water announced he would stand with third term, a decision prompted by the unexpected death of his handpicked successor.

Everybody says politics should be about respect.

You must not give body and soul to the point of finding yourself in the situation I'm in today because politicians are ungrateful.

He wants young people like 25 year old entrepreneur Aboubakar Kareem, tow avoid the same sacrifices he made in 2010.

Back then, Kareem was a teenager watching fierce battles rage across the capital Abuja.

John.

Today he runs a cartography business using drones believes the younger generation should be involved in politics.

It's important that our voice counts in the development of our country, and that is why I will vote it.

But not everyone feels the same.

Ouattara's two main rivals say his third term is unconstitutional and have called for an election boycott.

Less than half of the country's 7.5 million registered voters have claimed their voting cards.

That makes another victory for Ouattara.

More likely.

What is less clear is whether violence will return to threaten the lives of a new generation.