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- Vol 42 No 18
- 14/09/2001
In denial
The politics and economics aren't as bad as they look, says President Gbagbo
- Vol 42 No 14
- 13/07/2001
Conditionally yours
Friendlier to President Laurent Gbagbo than most donors, Paris has persuaded the European Union to offer vital budget support to Abidjan. This may tide Côte d'Ivoire over to qualify for a full International Monetary Fund recovery programme late this...
- Vol 42 No 13
- 29/06/2001
The military might?
Most of Côte d'Ivoire's leading politicians will not be at President Laurent Gbagbo's national reconciliation conference, planned for 9 July. Former President Henri Konan-Bédié and his old rival Alassane Dramane Ouattara are in exile i...
- Vol 42 No 9
- 04/05/2001
Home and away
France, at least, backs President Laurent Gbagbo. The head of a team it sent to help draw up aid requests (AC Vol 42 No 4) is none other than Jean-Michel Severino, who on his return became head of the Agence Française de Développement on 18 ...
- Vol 42 No 4
- 23/02/2001
Dialogue de sourds
Prime Minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan told journalists he was happy with his talks in Brussels on 15 February. The European Union would continue the political dialogue and would support Abidjan's efforts at national reconciliation; Côte d'Ivoire woul...
- Vol 41 No 25
- 22/12/2000
Gbagbo rides the tiger
Gbagbo could still pull his country back from the brink but shows little sign of wanting to
- Vol 41 No 22
- 10/11/2000
Gbagbo's next test
The nation's troubles are not over yet. On 10 December, elections for the National Assembly will follow the 22 October presidential election. This is the poll in which Laurent Gbagbo, of the Front Populaire Ivoirien (FPI), came to power with 59.4 per cent...
- Vol 41 No 21
- 27/10/2000
Milosevic effect
The flight of military leader General Robert Gueï to Benin and the assumption of the Presidency by Laurent Gbagbo, the winner of the 22 October election, solves one problem but creates several new ones.
- Vol 41 No 15
- 21/07/2000
Moving goalposts
General Robert Gueï's junta aims to set up a civilian regime before the end of the year, but is not even in full control of its own army. The referendum on a new constitution, due on 23 July, takes place in the shadow of a mutiny on 4-5 July. It caus...
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