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Côte d'Ivoire
Population: 22.0 mn.
GDP: 23.0 bn.
Debt: 9.7 bn.
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The contrast between ex-president Laurent Gbagbo's ICC trial in The Hague and President Alassane Dramane Ouattara's reluctance to hold his FRCI soldiers to account for abuses will slow reconciliation. Former IMF official Ouattara will use his international connections to bring in funding. 

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  • Vol 52 No 4
  •  18th February 2011

The financial sanctions tighten

Laurent Gbagbo’s economic options are narrowing. While sanctions have deprived him of most of his income from cocoa, he did, say local reports, make off with US$500 million worth of CFA francs from the vaults of the Banque centrale des états de l’Afrique ...

  • Vol 52 No 3
  •  4th February 2011

Squeezing Gbagbo's budget

African and European sanctions could take months to bite while the political and security crisis grows daily in Abidjan

  • Vol 52 No 3
  •  4th February 2011

Cocoa ban may hit Gbagbo's war chest

Around 40% of the world's cocoa is grown in Côte d'Ivoire and the market is in confusion as a result of the reigning political paralysis. The harvests, though, are large and speculation is more likely to affect prices in coming months than shorta...

  • Vol 52 No 2
  •  21st January 2011

Propaganda war

Many in the Francophone African exile community have been unusually supportive of Laurent Gbagbo, in spite of his sanguinary reputation and with few doubts about the fairness of the Ivorian poll. Some of the diaspora electronic media have been in uproar o...

  • Vol 51 No 25
  •  17th December 2010

Two presidents, one crisis

Violent clashes on the streets of Abidjan for control of state broadcasting escalate the post-election conflict

  • Vol 51 No 23
  •  19th November 2010

Holding their breath

Both contenders will have to ensure the results of the coming elections are accepted by all, if they are to mark an end to the civil war

  • Vol 51 No 22
  •  5th November 2010

And then, there were two

Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo and challenger Alassane Dramane Ouattara will vie for the top job in a second round of voting at the end of this month

  • Vol 51 No 22
  •  5th November 2010

Behind the election machinery

Security arrangements for the 31 October elections were largely directed by Kadet Bertin, President Laurent Gbagbo’s niece and his Special Advisor on Military Affairs, eclipsing the Army Chief of Staff, General Philippe Mangou.

  • Vol 51 No 17
  •  27th August 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
  •  27th August 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.

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