Alassane Dramane Ouattara (ADO)

Ironically only a week earlier President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré had rolled out the red carpet for his Ivorian counterpart N'Guessan's sworn political enemy President Alassane Dramane Ouattara...

He replaces President Alassane Dramane Ouattara's stalwart loyalist Daniel Kablan Duncan who was sacrificed as part of the deal that bought peace with the mutineers (AC Vol 57 No 18 Ouattara shores up legacy)...

President Alassane Dramane Ouattara's government has little enthusiasm for the difficult business of reconciliation...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party have a good relationship with neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Dramane Ouattara who was guest of honour at the swearing in ceremony in Accra on 7 January (AC Vol 58 No 1 New order tackles old debts)...

Three days earlier Akufo-Addo will host at his inauguration a clutch of African leaders including Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari Côte d'Ivoire's Alassane Dramane Ouattara Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn who is on an extended trip to Ghana...

Chad's President Idris Déby Itno and Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Dramane Ouattara were in town but did not turn up to the Forum even though their countries are due for APRM treatment next year...

Keeping the gunmen at bay is one reason that President Alassane Dramane Ouattara has launched a constitutional review...

Cross-border politicsThe decision is consistent with the promise which Kaboré made to President Alassane Dramane Ouattara of Côte d'Ivoire during January's African Union Summit in Addis Ababa Ethiopia...

Good record of credible post-apartheid elections Congo-Kinshasa November Presidential & legislative Joseph Kabila tries to prolong grip on power Ghana November Presidential & legislative History of very close but credible elections Gambia December Presidential Highly repressive regime Côte d'Ivoire December Parliamentary Alassane Ouattara's 2015 presidential victory boosts his alliance Taken together these developments are likely to undermine confidence in the ballot box among losing candidates and communities...

Now that it has finally sunk in that this is President Alassane Dramane Ouattara's final term of office the two main parties that formed the governing Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix can get on with their infighting...

President Alassane Dramane Ouattara was also there as was Parliamentary Speaker Guillaume Soro...