Polls have opened as Ivorians vote in a presidential election many believe will probably see incumbent Alassane Ouattara's term renewed.

Polls opened at 7 a.m. and is expected to close at 5 p.m. However, there are reports of polling stations without ballots, ballot boxes, voting booths which is likely to cause delays.
A runoff is scheduled for Nov. 29 if no candidate fails to garner at least 50 percent of the vote.
President Ouatara is tipped by experts to win due to the world's largest cocoa producer's current economic resurgence and a fragmented opposition.
Ouatara's main competitor Former prime minister Charles Konan Banny pulled out of the race for the presidency on Friday, becoming the third of 10 candidates to withdraw, alleging irregularities.
Over 21, 000 polling stations will be involved in the election. The total number of registered voters on the electoral register is up about 10% from 2010 which stood at 5,725,722 to 6,300,158. Some 300,000 additional voters were enrolled in the last revision of electoral rolls.
Former parliament speaker Mamadou Koulibaly of the Democracy and Liberty for the Republic (LIDER) withdrew his candidature for the polls saying he "will not participate in these rigged elections".
The election is the first since the five-month standoff, which reportedly claimed about 3,000 lives after Former President Gbagbo refused to cede power in November, 2010 by electoral commission declaring Ouatara winner.