Laurent Gbagbo

Niger is among those to express discontent at its Telco investment and questions are being raised in Côte d’Ivoire over investments made in line with Gadaffi’s interest in the regime of ousted President Laurent Gbagbo...

The French Licorne force played a decisive role in the United Nations’ storming of the presidential palace and the capture of ex-President Laurent Gbagbo...

During the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire sparked by the presidential election dispute Zuma strongly endorsed Laurent Gbagbo as had Mbeki...

Security jitters and financial worries have haunted President Alassane Dramane Ouattara’s first 100 days suggesting he is yet to entrench himself in office after a bloody six-month stand-off with his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo...

Cocoa producers say around 70 000 tonnes went to Ghana during the three-month long embargo on bean exports declared by Ouattara when he was trying to pressure former President Laurent Gbagbo to quit...

When Parti socialiste leader Ousmane Tanor Dieng declared that Laurent Gbagbo was the true Ivorian President political circles saw it as a serious blow to Dieng’s credibility...

In his acceptance speech he praised the courage of the Constitutional Court headed by a staunch loyalist of ex-President Laurent Gbagbo Paul Yao N’Dré in finally ratifying on 5 May his victory in last October’s election...

There is no question that Coulibaly’s arrival in Abidjan last December and his command of clandestine military operations against the regime of Laurent Gbagbo helped turn events in favour of Alassane Dramane Ouattara (ADO)...

Compaoré worked as a mediator in Côte d’Ivoire and urged ex-President Laurent Gbagbo to submit to the election last year...

The armed eviction of Laurent Gbagbo from the Ivorian presidency by a coalition of opposition United Nations and French forces together with the organisation of national elections in Nigeria make this one of the most momentous weeks in West African politics for a decade or more...