Vol 56 No 25 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Soro has phone trouble 18th December 2015 The former rebel leader is a problem for the President, who may now have the means to dispense with his disreputable ally The Speaker of the Ivorian Parliament, former rebel leader and ex-Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, made a lot of telephone calls to the men responsible for September's attempted coup...
Vol 56 No 22 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Ouattara walks it 6th November 2015 A decisive victory brings a chance to ease out the corrupt militiamen in government and relaunch the economy The Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, Youssouf Bakayoko, had an easier time of it last month than five years ago. That's when one of ex-President Laurent Gbagbo's...
Vol 56 No 12 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE The election gets messier 12th June 2015 Two new alliances of opposition politicians are creating problems for President Ouattara's campaign Once President Alassane Dramane Ouattara had announced last year that he would seek a second term, he was the clear favourite to win the election due this October,...
Vol 56 No 12 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE CNC: who is who? 12th June 2015 'Crabs in a bucket' is one of the descriptions used to describe the new alliance, the Coalition nationale pour le changement. Signatures under its founding charter include those...
Vol 56 No 6 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE 'Gbagbo or nothing' 20th March 2015 The once ruling Front populaire ivoirien has confirmed it prefers the past to future by replacing Pascal Affi N'Guessan as FPI leader with Aboudrahmane Sangaré, an unreconstructed Gbagboiste....
Vol 56 No 2 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Ouattara looks at second term 23rd January 2015 The President faces greater danger from his allies than from a demoralised opposition that is stubbornly loyal to his predecessor The main opposition Front populaire ivoirien appears unable to accept that it must replace its leader, ex-President Laurent Gbagbo, to contest the elections in October. The International Criminal...