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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 45 No 23
  •  19th November 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
  •  19th November 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 Soci...

  • Vol 45 No 19
  •  24th September 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
  •  27th August 2004

Cocoa wars

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

  • Vol 45 No 15
  •  21st July 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 Nations ...

  • Vol 45 No 13
  •  25th June 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
  •  28th May 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
  •  14th May 2004

Season of hate

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

  • Vol 45 No 8
  •  16th April 2004

Between the wars

The United Nations military mission got off to an inauspicious start on 4 April with no new troops, no functioning government to support and no sign of disarmament. The two sides in the conflict are more divided than ever; the rebels now talk seriously of...

  • Vol 45 No 7
  •  2nd April 2004

After the phoney war

The Marcoussis peace accord is dead and a new opposition is born

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