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Téné Birahima Ouattara (Photocopie)


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West Africa’s juntas look east

Following months of diplomacy including mediation by Togo's President Faure Gnassingbé and the visit to Bamako of Ivorian defence minister Téné Birahima Ouattara – brother of president Alassane – their release was a signal of restored goodwill...

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When the parties go to pieces

The President's omnipresent younger brother Téné Birahima Ouattara aka 'photocopie' was widely rumoured to be anointed his brother's dauphin after the deaths of Ouattara's first two choices Amadou Gon Coulibaly and Hamed Bakayoko but it was not to be (AC Vol 62 No 6 Many shoes to fill)...


Hitting the beach

The official opening on 10 June gathered together French ambassador Jean-Christophe Belliard Ivorian Defence Minister and presidential younger brother Téné Birahima Ouattara and Prime Minister Patrick Achi...


Echoes of the dark days

The end could come quicker still however if the wild speculation turns out to be true: that Ouattara may be grooming his younger brother Téné Birahima Ouattara aka 'Photocopie' because of their physical resemblance to succeed him (AC Vol 61 No 14 Crisis summit as insurgents head south)...


Warning shots from the army

One year after his appointment former National Security Council member Alain-Richard Donwahi stays on at Defence while presidential brother Téné Birahima Ouattara nicknamed 'Photocopie' stays at Presidential Affairs and retains his parliamentary seat in the family fief of Kong...


Ouattara walks it

CopycatFirst signs of change came just before the election when reports suggested that Ouattara was preparing a new security and intelligence-gathering system to be run by his younger brother Téné Birahima Ouattara (also known as 'Photocopie') and himself...


The election gets messier

With the president's wife Dominique Ouattara his brother Téné Birahima Ouattara (known as 'Photocopie' because he's so like his brother) and other members of his family in business and politics complaints abound that the Ouattara clan is turning Côte d'Ivoire into a family business...


Independents in name

No contests will take place in Kong or Odienné: Kong in the north-east will elect the sole candidate President Alassane Ouattara’s brother Téné Birahima Ouattara (nicknamed ‘Photocopie’ thanks to his resemblance to his brother)...


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