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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 51 No 5
  •  5th March 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
  •  8th January 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
  •  11th September 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 the...

  • Vol 50 No 17
  •  28th August 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
  •  29th May 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
  •  29th May 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 founded in...

  • Vol 49 No 22
  •  31st October 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
  •  31st October 2008

Three's a crowd

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

  • Vol 49 No 20
  •  3rd October 2008

Spreading toxicity

A new round of legal action against local and foreign companies accused of dumping toxic waste in Côte d'Ivoire which killed 16 people in 2006 could have serious political and commercial repercussions (AC Vol 47 No 20). Customs officials and executi...

  • Vol 49 No 14
  •  4th July 2008

Democratic deficit

Leaders send out mixed signals on whether elections will take place this year

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