Vol 57 No 18 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Ouattara shores up legacy 9th September 2016 The President seeks to entrench his party after his departure and improve the country's stability Keeping the gunmen at bay is one reason that President Alassane Dramane Ouattara has launched a constitutional review. The other is to secure the future of his governing...
Vol 57 No 9 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Parties to many disputes 29th April 2016 Although the presidential elections are a good four years off, fighting inside the governing coalition is already off to a lively start Now that it has finally sunk in that this is President Alassane Dramane Ouattara's final term of office, the two main parties that formed the governing Rassemblement des...
Vol 57 No 6 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Terror on the beach 18th March 2016 The nation's first jihadist terrorist attack claimed 22 lives on 13 March as politicians on all sides tried to use it to score points against each other. The...
Vol 57 No 5 | BURKINA FASOCÔTE D'IVOIRE Blaise the Ivorian 4th March 2016 Compaoré cannot now be extradited and Burkinabè are now questioning the zeal of their new leaders Ivorian President Alassane Dramane Ouattara's decision to protect Burkina Faso's deposed President Blaise Compaoré /strong> by granting him citizenship is an act of aggression, say many in Ouagadougou....
Vol 57 No 1 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE ADO looks ahead 8th January 2016 Reconciling the nation, purging the army and restoring a stable political culture are the President's big challenges in his second term President Alassane Dramane Ouattara's second term in office will be about bestowing a legacy of lasting political stability and economic reconstruction when he leaves office in 2020. He...