Vol 65 No 22 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Divided they stand 31st October 2024 The Parti démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI), which ruled the country unopposed between independence in 1960 and the country’s first coup in 1999, wants back in. But the...
Vol 65 No 11 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Ouattara risks his legacy if he runs again 23rd May 2024 Friends of the 82-year-old President are advising him to take a back seat in the 2025 elections Ivorian public calendars are dominated by a fortnight of official homage to former President Henri Konan Bédié, who died last August but will only be interred on 1...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 11 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Gbagbo bids to be last 'dinosaur' standing 14th May 2024 The former leader has agreed to fly his party's flag as presidential candidate in the 2025 elections but faces a few problems Former President Laurent Gbagbo appears determined not to quit the political scene just yet after being named as presidential candidate for next year's elections by his Parti des... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 8 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Ministers hike cocoa bean prices by 50 percent to drive production 3rd April 2024 Heavy rains have cut back African production as world chocolate prices soar Côte d'Ivoire has boosted cocoa prices by 50%, a move seen by the market as an attempt to encourage farmers to raise production hit by crop disease and... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 5 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE All eyes on 2025 – and the northern border 29th February 2024 Recent elections have left the ruling RHDP in a comfortable political position but Tidjane Thiam's ascent in the PDCI has raised the stakes Unless a yet-to-be-known actor has a spectacular political ascent, the 2025 presidential election will be a contest between the Parti démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI) on the one...