BY PETER SESAY Despite the passage of time and the government’s efforts to bring about healing, Cote d’Ivoire is still hurting from the wounds of the violent rebellion of 2002 … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU The announcement two days ago by Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara of his plan to modify the constitution raises questions about his intention just a shy ten months … Read More
BY PETER SESAY In an exclusive interview with The African about the charges leveled by the Ivorian government against former speaker of the Ivorian parliament, Guillaume Soro, Gouza Nahounou, a … Read More
BY ALPHA KONE (Editing by Jibril Ture) [ABIDJAN—The African] During a high-profile newsconference just hours ago today, Thursday, in Abidjan, state prosecutor Richard Adou Kouame brought up a charge of … Read More
BY ALPHA KONE (Editing by Jibril Ture) (ABIDJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE–The African) After a lengthy six-month stay in Europe, Guillaume Soro, formerly speaker of the Ivorian parliament and a candidate for … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE There was no ambiguity to it. In an address Saturday, President Alassane Ouattara, who is only ten months away from the end of his second term in … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE The stage is set for new regional and local elections this Saturday in Cote d’Ivoire. While officials hope for a violence-free voting like the last few … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU In an unprecedented move since the wheels of justice got in motion seven years ago to prosecute the perpetrators of atrocities during the post-election civil war that … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE As the local and regional elections scheduled for 13 October loom in Cote d’Ivoire, political tension—without violence—has risen to the point of claiming the collapse of the … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE A high-profile meeting between Côte d’Ivoire’s president Alassane Dramane Ouattara and the country’s speaker of the parliament, Guillaume Soro, at the presidential palace in Abidjan on 3 … Read More
