Henri Konan Bédié

Former President Henri Konan Bédié holed up with the Canadian envoy...

The FPI and ex-President Henri Konan Bédié's Parti Démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire each won 18 councils...

Three years ago the Fund froze lending in response to corruption and financial mismanagement by President Henri Konan Bédié's government...

Amid the ostentatious camaraderie former President Henri Konan Bédié was glum sitting awkwardly opposite General Robert Gueï who ousted him in a coup in December 1999...

None of the three main opposition figures - ex President Henri Konan Bédié General Robert Gueï and ex-Premier Alassane Ouattara - turned up at the opening ceremony on 9 October...

Henri Konan Bédié who came to power after the death of Independence leader Félix Houphouët-Boigny in 1993 refused to negotiate with soldiers who mutinied for pay in December 1999...

Former President Henri Konan-Bédié and his old rival Alassane Dramane Ouattara are in exile in France while deposed military leader General Robert Gueï says he still hasn't received his invitation...

We hear that Ouegnin calmly said: 'I accompanied President Félix Houphouët-Boigny to his grave and President Henri Konan Bédié to his helicopter...

Several dubious commercial-diplomatic schemes slipped through the net until the end of 1999 when Jospin's ministers put their feet down hard on Dupuch's proposal of a military expedition to rescue overthrown President Henri Konan-Bédié...

Certainly Gbagbo has wrung every gram of political advantage from the 'Ivoirité' doctrine - Côte d'Ivoire for Ivorians and no 'foreigners' in Ivorian politics - pushed by his ousted predecessors President Henri Konan Bédié and General Robert Gueï...