Henri Konan Bédié

Gueï had strong suspicions about ex-President Henri Konan Bédié...

So Gueï has lately been appealing for reconciliation with the ousted President Henri Konan Bédié (AC Vol 41 No 9) who has been in Paris since Gueï's coup d'état on 24 December...

Contract fee: $30 000 linked to possible visit to USA by the then President Henri Konan-Bédié...

Gueï has enlisted the services of colourful French lawyer Jacques Vergés to try to track down some of the millions spirited away by the government of Henri Konan-Bédié...

It is intended to get rid of some of the worst excesses of former President Henri Konan Bédié's government such as a seven-year presidential term and a senate appointed by the executive...

He had no objection to French bases in Senegal but would not allow Paris to use them to restore Ivorian ex-President Henri Konan-Bédié though he had no objection to French troops restoring 'a democratically elected president' who had been overthrown...

Suspicions that Gueï plans to stay in power have been fuelled by his move from the defence headquarters at Camp Galliéni to the palace formerly occupied by the President Henri Konan Bédié and by his appointment of 23 presidential advisors and staff...

Robert Guei's coup against President Henri Konan Bédié proved popular at least among Ivorians suffering from the regime's xenophobia and economic mismanagement...

Confidence in politicians and state institutions is at an all-time low after six years of President Henri Konan Bédié's rule...

Ouattara was at the centre of a political row last year when President Henri Konan Bédié tried to stop him running for president in elections scheduled for this year...