Laurent Gbagbo

Anti-French and anti-UN sentiment among supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo has also been fuelled by the UN investigators' criticism of the security forces...

The 4 500 French troops operating alongside the UN mission have no presence in Gagnoa the heart of President Laurent Gbagbo's home region and have been underplaying the land conflict while talking up disarmament...

Opposition parties and rebel groups have formed a common front against President Laurent Gbagbo and his militias after scores of people were killed when police fired on demonstrators on 25 March...

Ivorian sponsorship of Model is mirrored by Guinean sponsorship of LURD and the possibility of Model fighters being called into action at short notice in support of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo cannot be ruled out...

Paris will keep up diplomatic pressure to implement the Marcoussis Accord although the government has less than 20 months to demobilise fighters remake the nationality law draw up new electoral registers and revise land ownership provisions which parliament dominated by President Laurent Gbagbo's rivals in the Parti Démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire may stall...

President Laurent Gbagbo's state visit to France now rescheduled for sometime in January will test diplomatic limits on both sides...

Lieutenant Zadi's forcible interruption of state television programmes on 30 November to demand the withdrawal of French troops may presage a new offensive by loyalists of President Laurent Gbagbo against rebel forces in Bouake...

There could also be more interference from nearby governments ­ Guinea backing LURD's present leaders Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo backing Model...

As the conflict heads into its second year the splits between President Laurent Gbagbo's opponents are deepening; if Gbagbo can stand his ground his opponents may tear themselves to pieces before elections can be organised...

As relations worsen between President Laurent Gbagbo and Prime Minister Seydou Diarra a coup plot is no great surprise...