ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Placide Konan has been using his slam poetry shows to speak out against Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara’s bid for a fourth term in Saturday’s election. Analysts say the 83-year-old Ouattara is likely to win and extend his rule that began in 2011. The recent events “undermine stability at a time when (Ivory Coast), like other countries in West Africa, faces big challenges,” said Paul Melly, a consulting fellow with the Africa program at Chatham House. Bordered to the north by conflict-hit Mali and Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast is under pressure to stop a push by armed groups into coastal West Africa. Analysts regard the Ivorian military as one of the region’s most sophisticated, but as neighbors lose more ground to armed groups, Ivory Coast will have more to deal with.