Vol 62 No 14 | CÔTE D'IVOIREFRANCESAHEL Hitting the beach 8th July 2021 The seaside resort of Jacqueville is now home to the Académie internationale de lutte contre le terrorisme (AILCT), a concept first mooted in 2017 at a meeting of President ...
Vol 62 No 13 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Old foes re-enter the ring 24th June 2021 Defeated on the battlefield and at the ballot box 10 years ago, Ouattara's old adversary returns and will posing problems President Alassane Ouattara faces the most delicate of strategic choices following the triumphal return home last week of his career-long political foe Laurent Gbagbo after his fin...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 13 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Gbagbo's return poses big questions 21st June 2021 The former President may want to reconcile the country but even after a decade away, he remains a divisive political figure As his motorcade filed through the streets of Abidjan on 17 June from the airport at Port-Bouët towards his political headquarters in upmarket Cocody, ex-President Laurent Gbagbo's... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 6 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Many shoes to fill 18th March 2021 The death of the prime minister leaves the race to be Ouattara's political successor wide open Four prominent onlookers, dressed in black, oversaw the arrival on 14 March of the remains of Hamed Bakayoko, the former Ivorian Prime Minister and Defence Minister seen by many as...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 5 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Gbagbo's and Bédié's parties join forces against Ouattara in parliamentary vote 5th March 2021 The elections could lay the ground for the political comeback of the ousted president, Laurent Gbagbo Four months after the presidential elections – marred by post-election violence in which scores died – at which President Alassane Ouattara claimed a third term, the opposition all... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 1 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Old demons resurface 7th January 2021 Last year’s electoral violence could be a foretaste of things to come as the three big political figures start to fade from view The hit from the Covid-19 pandemic means that President Alassane Ouattara will find it much harder to mask political and ethnic tensions and stark inequality with stellar economic ...
Vol 61 No 24 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Echoes of the dark days 24th November 2020 The president's re-election has revived some of the deadly rivalries of the civil war era. His opponents say that his gestures towards reconciliation lack conviction It was only hours after the Constitutional Court confirmed President Alassane Ouattara's overwhelming win at the 31 October presidential elections on 9 November that the victor ext...
Vol 61 No 22 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Ouattara sweeps half the board 5th November 2020 The voting figures show a deeply divided nation. Although President Alassane Ouattara won a third successive presidential term with 94% of the popular vote, it was on a mere 53.9% ...
Vol 61 No 21 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE No contest poll for Ouattara 22nd October 2020 With no sign of President Alassane Ouattara or his major opponents considering meaningful compromise over the 31 October election, tensions have taken on a dangerously inter-commun...
Vol 61 No 20 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Ouattara leads in a perilous poll 8th October 2020 The president stands alone against the opposition front, but he is still favourite to win the elections at the end of the month United in condemnation of Alassane Ouattara's bid for a third term, but failing to present a coherent alternative, the Ivorian opposition has all but written off its chances of pre... READ FOR FREE
