Henri Konan Bédié

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

The BCEAO has said it will help with encouragement from Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaoré Côte d'Ivoire's Henri Konan Bédié Mali's Alpha Omar Konaré Senegal's Abdou Diouf and Togo's Gnassingbé Eyadèma...

After his meeting with Côte d'Ivoire's President Henri Konan-Bédié Maada Bio suggested that timing of the elections was up to the 'people of Sierra Leone'...