Côte d'Ivoire

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Côte d’Ivoire: Simone Gbagbo upsets ‘Gbagbo or nothing’ faction

Simone Gbagbo broke a taboo on Saturday when she questioned the 'Gbagbo or nothing' stance championed by the loyalist wing of the Front Populaire ... Ivoirien (FPI).

after you

Côte d’Ivoire: if Gbagbo and Bédié run, then so will I – Ouattara

On a four-day visit to the Hambol region, President Alassane Ouattara laid down a gauntlet for his rivals Henri Konan Bédié and Laurent Gbagbo: ... he does not wish to run in 2020 elections but he won't stand back if others of his generation run.

Cote d’Ivoire: Charles Blé Goudé and Guillaume Soro back together

When Charles Blé Goudé and Guillaume Soro met at The Hague on Sunday, it was their first meeting in nearly a decade. ...

strike force

Didier Drogba eyes Côte d’Ivoire’s top job in football

Less than two weeks ago, on 14 November, Didier Drogba made it clear that he wants to become the next president of the Ivory Coast Football Federation. ... The former Elephants captain would succeed Augustin Sidy Diallo for the top job. 

senior moment

Henri Konan Bédié: “They have gone to get all the Malians”

PDCI President Henri Konan Bédié accused the ruling RHDP of "recruiting Malians" to bolster a rally in Paris. These comments - recalling the ... country's xenophobic past - provoked controversy, even within his own party.

plank walk

Fighting piracy in the Gulf of Guinea needs a radical rethink

On the most basic level, illegal fishing destroys fishers’ livelihoods, forcing some into piracy simply to earn an income.

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IVORY ERUPTION

Côte d’Ivoire: Guillaume Soro warns of the Fire Next Time

The forecast was as stark as it was chilling. Côte d’Ivoire will burn unless the ruling party agrees to deep reforms and international scrutiny ... ahead of next year’s presidential elections, according to Guilliame Soro, a former speaker of the assemblée nationale who has just announced his candidacy for the race.

Cocoa cartel

Akufo-Addo says Nigeria, Cameroon membership of cocoa pricing floor needed

Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire need to get Nigeria and Cameroon on board their minimum cocoa price agreement, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo ... said at the Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg.

french touch

France-Africa: Emmanuel Macron, from speech to action?

Increased economic cooperation, enhanced political dialogue, strong symbolic gestures... Emmanuel Macron wants a new chapter in relations between ... Paris and the continent.

pocket money

Côte d’Ivoire: How much do Soro, Bédié, Gbagbo earn?

Leading politicians in Cote d'Ivoire have a right to state salaries. They do not always arrive. ...