As the disarmament and election timetables slip, the country
is crumbling
Top Ivorian politicians will be under pressure to agree terms
for the October elections and to implement commitments already
made in fresh talks in South Africa on 3 April. Due to
attend are President Laurent Gbagbo, opposition leader
Alassane Ouattar...
President Laurent Gbagbo is heading for another showdown
with France. He is rebuilding his modest airforce, bombed
to cinders by French jets on 6 November after loyalist forces
had bombed the French base at Bouaké (AC Vol 45 No 24).
The terms f...
Outside the country Gbagbo has few friends - but inside, he
is a force to be reckoned with
The sacking of the armed forces Chief of Staff may herald a disastrous split in the army
By bombing the French military base at Bouaké,
chasing French citizens out of Abidjan, and burning down their schools in the capital, President Laurent Gbagbo has wrecked
one of his few remaining assets the backing of France's opposition
Parti S...
The harmony may not last, but opponents of President Laurent
Gbagbo are meeting in Paris to discuss uniting behind a single
candidate in next year's elections.
Mediators put together another peace deal as presidential finances
come under scrutiny
The Marcoussis peace accord appears deadlocked, but French
President Jacques Chirac has one more ace up his sleeve:
the Gabonese leader El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba.
The presence of the veteran Franco-African mediator and
the threat of United Nati...
The international community seems powerless to prevent the steady worsening of the crisis (AC Vol 45 No 11). A United Nations Security Council mission arrived on 22 June and the UN threatens a travel ban on figures in Laurent Gbagbo's inner circle, though...
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