Tata had originally planned to invest US$1 billion in Mount Nimba but the new government of President Alassane Dramane Ouattara has been unwilling to seek an alternative...
Vol 52 No 24 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
The two former coalition partners – the mainly Muslim and northern Rassemblement des républicains (RDR) led by President Alassane Dramane Ouattara and the mainly southern once ruling Parti démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI) led by ex-President Henri Konan Bédié – have effectively split up the countries’ constituencies between them...
Vol 52 No 24 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
After pressure from the UN President Alassane Dramane Ouattara asked that Gbagbo be allowed more exercise...
South Africa started poorly by failing to endorse the Economic Community of West African States’ planned military intervention to enforce the results of last November’s Ivorian presidential poll won by Alassane Dramane Ouattara...
Luanda appears willing to forget its past strong support for Côte d’Ivoire’s then President Laurent Gbagbo and reconcile with his successor Alassane Dramane Ouattara but there is much to forgive say sources in both countries (AC Vol 52 No 20 New leaf)...
Some think Alassane Ouattara’s government might use that as leverage to encourage Angola to be friendly...
Vol 52 No 22 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
An Abidjan source claims the ICC had strong evidence of Blé Goudé’s involvement in the ‘Article 125’ atrocities so named after the call went out for 100 CFA francs for petrol plus 25 francs for a packet of matches – meant for setting fire to northerners or supporters of Alassane Dramane Ouattara...
When Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visited Luanda in September Angola asked her to help mend fences with Ivorian President Alassane Dramane Ouattara (ADO) say Abidjan sources...
Vol 52 No 19 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
President Alassane Dramane Ouattara is earning international praise and strong flows of cash for reconstruction...
Vol 52 No 18 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
President Alassane Dramane Ouattara is attempting to stabilise the military by reconciling former opponents while seeking to remove undisciplined elements...
Vol 52 No 16 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
His rival and internationally recognised Ivorian President Alassane Dramane Ouattara says relations with South Africa are now excellent...