Henri Konan Bédié

It should be up and running by the time President Henri Konan Bédié comes to London on an official visit planned for autumn...

As he prepares to bid for a multi-billion dollar aid and debt relief package President Henri Konan Bédié could do without appeals from his friends...

Helped by a mini-economic boom and political strong-arm tactics President Henri Konan Bédié is looking more comfortable in power four years after the death of Félix Houphouët-Boigny...

Henri Konan Bédié President of Côte d'Ivoire argued: 'Forms of democracy must be adapted to Africa's history and cultural diversity'...

Presidents Abdou Diouf (Senegal) and Henri Konan Bédié (Côte d'Ivoire) highlighted its futility...

Notable absentees were Presidents Abdou Diouf of Senegal and Henri Konan Bédié of Côte d'Ivoire...

Ivorian President Henri Konan Bédié probably wanted reassurance that Paris will keep its military base down the road from his residence...

Paris will keep close links to more acceptable leaders such as Henri Konan Bédié especially if Chirac asserts himself in yet another 'cohabitation'...

On Zaïre and on other issues Nigeria Sudan and Kenya make common cause with Mobutu's Francophone allies: Gabon's President Omar Bongo; Congo's President Pascal Lissouba Cameroon's President Paul Biya; Côte d'Ivoire's President Henri Konan-Bédié; Chad's President Idriss Déby; Niger's President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara; and the mother of Francophone allies France's President Jacques Chirac...

Amid the fanfare around Ghana's 40th anniversary of Independence little attention was paid to President Henri Konan Bédié of Côte d'Ivoire's first official visit since becoming President in 1993 (except for meetings of the Economic Community of West African States)...