Gbagbo's next test

The nation's troubles are not over yet. On 10 December, elections for the National Assembly will follow the 22 October presidential election. This is the poll in which Laurent Gbagbo, of the Front Populaire Ivoirien (FPI), came to power with 59.4 per cent of the votes on a turn-out of only 37.4 per cent of the electorate (AC Vol 41 No 21). One of the new President's first tasks will be to organise a poll which may call his own victory into question.

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Laurent Gbagbo, Moïse Lida Kouassi, Aboudramane Sangaré, Emile Boga Doudou, Affi Nguessan, Robert Gueï, Mamadou Koulibaly, Geneviève Bro Grebe, Alassane Dramane Ouattara, Patrick Achi, Constitutional immunity, courtesy of Gueï, Gaudi Oulata, Mathias Doué, Saint-Cyr Djikalou, Boka Yapi, Georges Déon, Grégoire Touvoli, Henri Konan Bédié, France, Daniel Kablan Duncan, Mathieu Ekra, Idriss Koudouss, Much ado about ADO, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, American, Thabo Mbeki, South Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria, Alpha Omar Konaré, Mali, Mandé Sidibé, Jacques Chirac, Lionel Jospin, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Front Populaire Ivoirien, Parti Démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire, Parti Ivoirien des Travailleurs, Rassemblement des Républicains, Comité National de Salut Public, Brigade Rouge, Gendarmerie, Ivoirité, froideur, Parti Socialiste, Ivoirité, Assemblée Nationale

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