Laurent Gbagbo

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...

President Laurent Gbagbo may have helped that process along on 13 November when he sacked General Mathias Doué and replaced him with Colonel Philippe Mangou the Commander of the Yamoussoukro region who led the assault on the French base in Bouaké on 6 November...

By bombing the French military base at Bouaké chasing French citizens out of Abidjan and burning down their schools in the capital President Laurent Gbagbo has wrecked one of his few remaining assets the backing of France's opposition Parti Socialiste (PS)...