Laurent Gbagbo

After trying to ignore the scandal and the involvement of some of its business friends President Laurent Gbagbo's government detained Claude Dauphin head of the oil trading company Trafigura...

President Laurent Gbagbo expressed concerns about suspension of Port Director Marcel Gossio Customs Director Gnamien Konan and Abidjan Governor Pierre Amondji Djédi...

Bemba is greatly buoyed by a wave of anti-foreigner feeling based on Congolité which has much in common with the harsh ethnic nationalism known as Ivoirité backed by supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo in Côte d'Ivoire...

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 (AC Vol 47 No 8)...

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)...

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...

As an ally of Angola's President José Eduardo dos Santos (his arms supplier during the 1997-98 civil war) of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and of Chirac Sassou wants to portray himself as a bridge-builder in Côte d'Ivoire...

FPI militants accuse the 16-member International Working Group chaired by Nigeria and the UN of running an international conspiracy against President Laurent Gbagbo after they set up the latest power-sharing government...

CÔTE D'IVOIRE: President Laurent Gbagbo insists there can be no elections until the rebels disarm so polls may not take place as planned in October (AC Vol 46 No 23)...

Surprisingly Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo also warmly congratulated Compaoré whom he has regularly accused of backing the rebel Forces Nouvelles in northern Côte d'Ivoire (AC Vol 46 No 22)...