Laurent Gbagbo

The opposition – the pro-Laurent Gbagbo section of the Front populaire ivoirien being the most vociferous – greatly enjoyed making political capital out of accusing Ouattara of collusion with the putschists in Ouagadougou...

That has started to change this year with dissidents emerging from within Ouattara's own camp while his long-standing foes the followers of former President Laurent Gbagbo are regrouping...

Signatures under its founding charter include those of Laurent Akoun Secretary General of the faction within the Front populaire ivoirien that allies itself with its former leader ex-President Laurent Gbagbo in power between 2000 and 2011 (AC Vol 55 No 15 Polls beckon as Hollande flies in)...

Dubbed 'Gbagbo or nothing' by supporters and critics alike the FPI wing dedicated to ex-President Laurent Gbagbo now on trial in the Hague for crimes against humanity has prevailed over the pragmatists who wanted to make a credible showing in October's presidential election...

That ended with the defeated President Laurent Gbagbo being arrested at gunpoint and flown to the International Criminal Court in the Hague...

The main opposition Front populaire ivoirien appears unable to accept that it must replace its leader ex-President Laurent Gbagbo to contest the elections in October...

South-west Côte d'Ivoire which borders Liberia's volatile Grand Gedeh County is still a stronghold of support for ex-President Laurent Gbagbo's Front populaire ivoirien (AC Vol 55 No 4 The price of peace)...

On 11 December the International Criminal Court confirmed charges of murder rape and other inhumane acts against Charles Blé Goudé 42 a former Ivorian militia leader and Youth Minister under the then President Laurent Gbagbo...

Laurent Gbagbo's trial begins in the Hague on 7 July next year on similar charges to those against Blé Goudé...

Already Ivorian opposition politicians especially ex-President Laurent Gbagbo's Front populaire ivoirien are up in arms...

Nigeria resented South Africa's presence in what it considers its back yard when Pretoria sent troops to Central African Republic and a warship to Côte d'Ivoire during the Laurent Gbagbo crisis...