Laurent Gbagbo

President Laurent Gbagbo and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan agree on one thing: elections cannot be held on 30 October...

With over 10 000 peacekeepers in country France and the United Nations are pressing President Laurent Gbagbo to demobilise his militias (AC Vol 46 No 14)...

Few believe that credible elections can be held in Côte d'Ivoire leaving three unpalatable alternatives: the best (but least likely) outcome would be for the government and its opponents to negotiate a postponement of the elections and an extension of President Laurent Gbagbo's mandate...

This brings President Laurent Gbagbo's legitimacy into dispute as his five-year mandate will have expired by 30 October...

In a secret investigation Sierra Leone's Special Court has accused Taylor of breaking the terms of his asylum and plotting to overthrow the governments of Conté and of Laurent Gbagbo in Côte d'Ivoire (AC Vol 46 No 9)...

Côte d'Ivoire's Laurent Gbagbo relates to almost any beleaguered leader...

Due to attend are President Laurent Gbagbo opposition leader Alassane Ouattara former President Henri Konan Bédié and Guillaume Soro leader of the ex-rebel Forces Nouvelles...

President Laurent Gbagbo is heading for another showdown with France...

Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo pushed through the new laws required by the Marcoussis and Accra peace accords in time to ward off UN sanctions in December but still wants a referendum on the change to Article 35 of the constitution that will enable opposition leader Alassane Ouattara to stand for president...

The big guns of the African Union have lost patience with President Laurent Gbagbo...