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Côte d’Ivoire

Henri Konan Bédié

Date of Birth: 5 May 1934
Place of Birth: Dadiékro, Daoukro Department
Died: 1 August 2023


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New fingers on Zaïre's trigger

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...


West African wager

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)...


French Fire

We hear that Presidents Blaise Compaoré (Burkina Faso) Idriss Déby (Chad) and Henri Konan Bédié (Côte d'Ivoire) were told once the attack was underway but Gabon's President Omar Bongo was kept informed from the start...


Francophone friends

The affair though has caused ructions in Paris where some have not forgiven Compaoré for his support for Alassane Dramane Ouattara in Côte d'Ivoire and would like him replaced by someone closer to President Henri Konan Bédié such as Roch Christian Kaboré...


Rebel revival

Sankoh was reluctant to meet Kabbah until Ivorian President Henri Konan Bédié sent his Foreign Minister Amara Essy to insist on it...


Guéi goes

Whatever the truth about the alleged coup plot against President Henri Konan Bédié last October it is being used comprehensively to weed out perceived enemies of the ruling clique...


Pré carré revisted

Presidents Omar Bongo and Henri Konan Bédié asked Chirac to spare the bases from the current military cuts and restructuring...


Army in brief 

The likely winner he is moreover favoured by neighbouring rulers such as: Abdou Diouf Henri Konan Bédié Lamine Zeroual Gnassingbé Eyadèma Blaise Compaoré Omar Bongo and Mathieu Kérékou...


Army in brief 

The likely winner he is moreover favoured by neighbouring rulers such as: Abdou Diouf Henri Konan Bédié Lamine Zeroual Gnassingbé Eyadèma Blaise Compaoré Omar Bongo and Mathieu Kérékou...


Military mumbles

Whatever else was discussed during President Henri Konan Bédié's hastily arranged meeting with French President Jacques Chirac in Paris on 16 May it seems certain they talked about instability in the Ivorian army...


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