Côte d'Ivoire

Population: 21.1 million
GDP: $22900 million
Debt: $40.6% of GDP
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Much-delayed national elections may be held at last in 2010 – if voting rights for two million people are agreed. President Laurent Gbagbo is likely to defeat the alliance of Henri Konan Bédié and Alassane Ouattara, if the elections actually take place.

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  • Vol 51 No 17
  • 27/08/2010

A dubious election date, again

Organising October elections seems beyond the government’s will and the electoral commission’s resources

  • Vol 51 No 17
  • 27/08/2010

Politicians waiting in the wings

Political activists of all tendencies are increasingly frustrated by the old guard of Laurent Gbagbo (65 years old), Henri Konan Bédié (76) and Alassane Dramane Ouattara (68). Calls for a new generation of leaders are getting louder.

  • Vol 51 No 5
  • 05/03/2010

Another temporary fix

No government, no electoral commission, no firm date for elections – the President has got what he wanted

  • Vol 51 No 1
  • 08/01/2010

The much-postponed polls

The lacklustre opposition looks incapable of organising a serious protest if President Gbagbo decides to postpone elections yet again this year

  • Vol 50 No 18
  • 11/09/2009

Trafigura and the toxic waste

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Toxic Waste, Okechukwu Ibeanu, is challenging claims by oil-trader Trafigura and its Ivorian subcontractor Tommy that the waste they dumped in Abidjan in August 2006 could not have caused widespread illness and...

  • Vol 50 No 17
  • 28/08/2009

Trafigura in court

Swiss-based oil trader Trafigura will have an eventful September before it goes on trial on 6 October in Britain's largest class action lawsuit. At the centre of this is the ship Probo Koala and its visit to Côte d'Ivoire in 2006 (AC Vol 48 No 4...

  • Vol 50 No 11
  • 29/05/2009

The elections are coming, but don't hold your breath

With much hope and little evidence, optimistic Ivorians say that events are moving relentlessly towards some sort of political normalisation in Côte d’Ivoire – for the first time since the foiled coup against President Laurent Gbagbo in September 2002. Th...

  • Vol 50 No 11
  • 29/05/2009

The contenders

President Laurent Gbagbo (59) is a doctor of history of the Sorbonne, France, and a prolific author. He is Bété (and wrote a book about his people) born in Mama, in the department of Gagnoa. His Front Populaire Ivoirien (FPI) was founde...

  • Vol 49 No 22
  • 31/10/2008

Forever delayed

Postponing polls has become a habit, but the parties are still focused on winning power whenever the election comes

  • Vol 49 No 22
  • 31/10/2008

Three's a crowd

If the elections actually take place, the candidates are more than ready

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