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...

He and Ouattara may have learnt the lessons of the latter's falling out with former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro now in exile and lost to the ruling RHDP camp...

The new number two took a break from his technocratic career path to acquire political experience in 2007-10 first as directeur de cabinet and then construction and urban development minister under former premier Guillaume Soro then premier in a national unity government...

The most important are Gbagbo's ex-wife Simone Ehivet Gbagbo or the two most prominent younger politicians: former youth minister Charles Blé Goudé (still living in the Netherlands after his acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity); or Guillaume Soro currently in forced exile in France but plotting his return...

Tchogolo is combustible: it is not only the region where the Ouattaras have their ancestral home in Kong but it is also the stamping ground at Ferkessédougou of Ouattara's erstwhile ally now implacable enemy Guillaume Soro...