Vol 63 No 24 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Rebel returns home 1st December 2022 Eight years after being transferred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, and almost two years after his final acquittal for crimes against humanity, Charles Blé...
Vol 63 No 19 | CÔTE D'IVOIREMALI Junta holds Ivorians 'hostage' 22nd September 2022 Bamako's 10 July detention of 49 Ivorian soldiers who had flown in to change the guard at the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (Minusma) airport...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 11 | CÔTE D'IVOIREGHANAEUROPEAN UNION Euro MPs back action on cocoa prices 16th May 2022 As production costs escalate, Ghanaian and Ivorian officials are lobbying the EU to raise prices for cocoa bean exports As Africa's cocoa producers face growing financial pressures, they have won backing from European Union MPs to open talks on a price pact as part of wider discussions... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 10 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Ouattara keeps options open for his successor 6th May 2022 The octogenarian President has lined up a beauty parade of contenders – even as his supporters say he may stand again in 2025 Succession gossip – rarely quiet for long in Abidjan – is simmering after President Alassane Ouattara appointed a new deputy and reshuffled the cabinet and the top ranks...
Vol 63 No 1 | CÔTE D'IVOIREAFRICA IN 2022 Après nous, le déluge? 6th January 2022 Fruitless dialogue and the violent past of aspiring new leaders raise risks of turmoil despite the country's strong economic base The country is entering unknown territory, with the three major political parties in various stages of disintegration. The stage is set for a era without the three men...