DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 10 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE The political class makes up with itself 9th May 2023 After a decade of hesitation, President Ouattara backs reconciliation with everyone – except his former premier Former First lady Simone Ehivet Gbagbo, ex-wife of former President Laurent Gbagbo, is asking for 'forgiveness from the whole nation and from all those who suffered, who lost... READ FOR FREE
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...
Vol 62 No 23 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE When the parties go to pieces 16th November 2021 All the main parties are floundering, seeking successors and relevance, as Gbagbo relaunches his political career Ex-President Laurent Gbagbo's Front populaire ivoirien (FPI) has splintered and its former leader helms a new party; President Alassane Ouattara's Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 15 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE The elephants talk reconciliation 23rd July 2021 Historic foes – President Ouattara and ex-President Gbagbo – claim they want to put the past behind them The first meeting in over a decade between President Alassane Ouattara and his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo next Tuesday (27 July) is billed as symbolising long-delayed national reconciliation. The... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 15 | CÔTE D'IVOIREMALI Warrant worries 22nd July 2021 The junta in Bamako may have been hoping for a boost with reports on 5 July that a court in the capital had issued an international warrant for...
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...