Côte d'Ivoire

Population: 21.1 million
GDP: $22900 million
Debt: $40.6% of GDP
Overview:

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 46 No 3
  • 04/02/2005

High noon

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...

  • Vol 45 No 24
  • 03/12/2004

Another man with a plan

Outside the country Gbagbo has few friends - but inside, he is a force to be reckoned with

  • Vol 45 No 23
  • 19/11/2004

At war with the peacekeepers

The sacking of the armed forces Chief of Staff may herald a disastrous split in the army

  • Vol 45 No 23
  • 19/11/2004

No more 'comrade' Gbagbo

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...

  • Vol 45 No 19
  • 24/09/2004

Unlikely heirs

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.

  • Vol 45 No 17
  • 27/08/2004

Cocoa wars

Mediators put together another peace deal as presidential finances come under scrutiny

  • Vol 45 No 15
  • 21/07/2004

Chirac's man

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...

  • Vol 45 No 13
  • 25/06/2004

Tinkering with trouble

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...

  • Vol 45 No 11
  • 28/05/2004

Parallel universe

A fresh military revolt could add to Côte d'Ivoire's woes. President Laurent Gbagbo's Bété andallied ethnic groups (Agni, Atié, Dida and Guéré) now dominate the security apparatus, which operates outside the offici...

  • Vol 45 No 10
  • 14/05/2004

Season of hate

UN rapporteurs, peacekeepers and diplomats may hold the key to the crisis

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