Vol 47 No 21 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Toxic trials 20th October 2006 International oil traders Trafigura's Chief Executive, Claude Dauphin, and his West Africa Manager Jean-Pierre Valentini remain in Abidjan's high-security Maison d'Arrêt et de Correction gaol. Trafigura denies wrong-doing...
Vol 47 No 20 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE The toxic trade 6th October 2006 How lethal waste came to Abidjan and who brought it there The poisonous waste was carried on a Greek-owned tanker , the Probo Koala, flying a Panamanian flag, leased by the London branch of a Swiss oil-trading company whose...
Vol 47 No 20 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Toxic timeline 6th October 2006 2 July: Probo Koala docked at Amsterdam after unloading at Algesiras, Spain. It asked Amsterdam Port Services (APS) to empty its slops tank. More than 500 cubic metres...
Vol 47 No 11 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Cocoa wars 26th May 2006 The United Nations and European Union are stepping up pressure on President Laurent Gbagbo's government to account for its oil windfall funds and its levies on cocoa exports....
Vol 47 No 8 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Identity crisis 14th April 2006 Plans for new voters' cards and a new electoral register provoke yet another political deadlock A row between Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny and President Laurent Gbagbo about identity cards and the electoral roll goes to the heart of the political crisis (AC...
Vol 47 No 4 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Not all necessary powers 17th February 2006 Power struggles and postcolonial fantasies prevent the UN from disentangling the conflict There is no sign of a letup in the conflict between President Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Konan Banny, the former banker appointed Prime Minister last November. The United...
Vol 47 No 2 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Bane of Banny 20th January 2006 The ruling Front Populaire Ivoirien's withdrawal from the national power-sharing government on 16 January serves up the first full-blown crisis to Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny, appointed on...
Vol 46 No 23 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Circling the wagons 18th November 2005 President Gbagbo tells his followers to talk peace and prepare for war The regime in Abidjan is threatened by northern rebels and allies of the sacked army chief, General Mathias Doué. President Laurent Gbagbo has told ruling party officials and...
Vol 46 No 22 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Time's up 4th November 2005 Threats and ethnic rivalries get wilder as President Gbagbo's mandate runs out Violence looms again. President Laurent Gbagbo's five-year term in office ended on 26 October but he insists on staying on. National elections are blocked by the stalemate between...
Vol 46 No 20 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE No polls, no peace 7th October 2005 Mediators come and go but President Gbagbo wants to go on and on President Laurent Gbagbo and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan agree on one thing: elections cannot be held on 30 October. This is at once obvious and crushing....