Bane of Banny

The ruling Front Populaire Ivoirien's withdrawal from the national power-sharing government on 16 January serves up the first full-blown crisis to Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny, appointed on 28 December (AC Vol 47 No 1). As tension mounted, FPI militants attacked United Nations' installations across the country.

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Pascal Affi N'Guessan, Kofi Annan, Nigeria, Laurent Gbagbo, Mambe Beugré, António Monteiro, Robert Gueï, Front Populaire Ivoirien, Jeune Patriotes

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