In 2024 it dissolved several student bodies including the notorious Fédération estudiantine et scolaire de Côte d'Ivoire whose former leaders include rebel leader Guillaume Kigbafori Soro and militia leader Charles Blé Goudé a Gbagbo backer...

Then there is ex-Prime Minister Guillaume Soro one of the banned rivals who resides in Burkina Faso and can cause trouble using his northern Ferkessédougou fiefdom as a springboard...

Along with Thiam former President Laurent Gbagbo his ally Charles Blé Goudé and former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro have been barred from running for the Presidency...

Next came the protests over the exclusion of former President Laurent Gbagbo his youth minister Charles Blé Goudé and ex-president of the Ivorian parliament Guillaume Soro from the list of eligible presidential candidates...

A few weeks ago he even took a much-publicised phone call from the exiled former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro a one-time key ally who had fallen out of favour (AC Vol 65 No 5 All eyes on 2025 – and the northern border)...

GUILLIAME SORO FRIEND TO THE JUNTAS From mid-February rumours started circulating about a reconciliation between the government and the one remaining dark horse in Ivorian politics Guillaume Kigbafori Soro...

Former parliamentary speaker Guillaume Soro also with youth appeal has announced his return from exile but like Gbagbo could see legal obstacles impede his presidential aspirations...

Tchogolo's capital Ferkessédougou is the old fief of the one major absentee in this year's contest: exiled former rebel leader former prime minister and ex-president of the Assemblée nationale Guillaume Soro...

His talk of 'respect for the victims' of those bloody crisis years echoed the request for public forgiveness from former rebel chief Guillaume Soro who is currently in exile...