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Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, a member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) delegation speaks to the media in Abidjan

violence is not the answer

Côte d’Ivoire: Deadlock eleven days before the election

After violence on Monday in Abidjan and in some Ivorian cities, ECOWAS has called on opponents Henri Konan Bédié and Pascal Affi Nguessan to ... "reconsider their call to civil disobedience".

Touch and Feel

Getting sucked into current Jumia rally is a recipe for pain

Those tempted to buy into the recent recovery in shares of African e-commerce retailer Jumia are likely to be disappointed. ...

Supporters of presidential candidate Alassane Ouattara of the ruling RHDP coalition party hold signs during a campaign rally for the October 31, 2020 presidential election, in Abidjan

the show must go on

Côte d’Ivoire: Ouattara kicks off an atypical presidential campaign

The president of Côte d’Ivoire kicked off his re-election campaign ahead of the 31 October election this past Friday in the country’s second-largest ... city. Thousands of people attended the event.

Basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, à Yamoussoukro

Yamoussoukro focus

Côte d’Ivoire: Can Ouattara break into this opposition bastion?

In Yamoussoukro, a stronghold of the opposition PDCI, the call for civil disobedience issued by the opposition has a certain amount of appeal ... ahead of the 31 October presidential election. However, the ruling government hasn’t given up on wooing this city that is equal parts symbolic and diverse.

ouattara and conde

constitutional coups d'état

Open letter on Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea: Africa needs new leaders

The situation in many West African countries on the eve of presidential elections is exceptionally worrying. ...

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A general view of the world's first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) pipe rack suspension bridge in Punta Europa

gas guzzlers

Mozambique to Benin: Total sees a booming African LNG market

Despite having become a major area for the production of liquefied natural gas, the continent still only consumes little of this “flexible ... and inexpensive” energy, according to the gas director of the French company.

cote d Ivoire elections

civil disobedience

Côte d’Ivoire presidential election: Opposition threatens boycott

The opposition is organising a major meeting in Abidjan on Saturday, 10 October, with the goal of banding together to block Alassane Ouattara’s ... presidential bid. The problem is that not everyone agrees on the same strategy.

Tidjane Thiam in Zurich in February 2019.

big beast

Côte d’Ivoire: Tidjane Thiam’s discreet meeting with Dominique Ouattara

The Ouattara clan are increasingly interested in the political ambitions of global finance heavyweight Tidjane Thiam, who is affiliated with ... the opposition.

Ivory Coast braces for possible further protests over voter rolls

presidential polls

Côte d’Ivoire: ‘There are worrying signs of its political trajectory’

As Côte d'Ivoire prepares itself for presidential elections slated for 31 October, political divisions are coming to a head as deadly violence ... has erupted following President Ouattara's declaration of running for third term, and fears about a fair election after 40 out of 44 candidates were rejected by the Constitutional Council.

final combat

Côte d’Ivoire: Ouattara and Bédié in the shadow of Houphouët-Boigny

At the start of the 1990s, both Henri Konan Bédié and Alassane Ouattara served under President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Their relationship ... was already marked by distrust back then and “The Old One’s” manoeuvring had a lot to do with it.

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