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 Lou Sifa) The new political imbroglio triggered in Cote d’Ivoire by the warrant issued Monday by the government for the arrest of Guillaume Soro, the … 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 (Reporting by Paul Yao) On the occasion of the high-profile celebration of the 26th anniversary of the passing of Cote d’Ivoire’s founding father Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President Alassane … 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 NAMORY DOSSO Guillaume Soro, who only several weeks ago resigned from his position of speaker of the Ivorian parliament, is laying the foundation for his likely bid for the … Read More
BY IDRISS KONE Two years after former Cote d’Ivoire’s president Laurent Gbagbo went on trial for alleged crimes against humanity, the Hague-based International Criminal Court, ICC, today freed the former … Read More
