2015, a milestone in democratic advancement in Africa
BY JIBRIL TURE AND MODUPE ABIOLA The election of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré as the new president of Burkina Faso on November 30th, which ended 27 years of autocratic rule … Read More
Tag: democratization in Ivory Coast
Out-going Ivorian President Ouattara wins easy re-election
BY JIBRIL TURE President Ouattara has won Sunday’s presidential election in Cote d’Ivoire. He received 84 percent of the votes, against 9 percent for the second-place finisher, Pascal Affi N’Guessan, … Read More
Former Ivorian prime minister Charles Konan Banny drops out of the presidential race
BY JIBRIL TURE In a news conference held on Friday, former Ivorian prime minister and candidate of the broad National Coalition for Change, CNC, said he was pulling out of … Read More
Ivory Coast’s journey to democracy: an under-reported good news story
BY JOHN J. STREMLAU Ivory Coast is rapidly becoming a politically capable democracy – one able to inspire and partner with its neighbours in recovering from decades of chaos and …
Alassane Ouattara favored to win easy re-election amid heightened tension
BY BOB KOYLE WITH JIBRIL TURE ABIDJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE—Not many people here, including the seven men who are campaigning to unseat President Alassane Ouattara, have any doubt who the winner … Read More
Cote d’Ivoire hopes for a peaceful presidential election
BY JIBRIL TURE Ivorian citizens will go to the polls this fall to elect a new president or re-elect the sitting president, Alassane Ouattara, as well as other national and … Read More
The stage is set for a new presidential election in Cote d’Ivoire
BY PETER SESAY More than six thousand delegates of Cote d’Ivoire’s ruling party, the Rally of the Republicans (RDR), on Sunday, March 22 nominated their party’s leader, President Alassane D. … Read More
President Alassane Ouattara’s express bio
BY JIBRIL TURE Alassane Ouattara was born in 1942 in Dimbokro, northern Cote d’Ivoire. He earned his High School Diploma at age 20 in Ouagadougou, the capital of then-Upper … Read More
Cote d’Ivoire’s new president Alassane Ouattara vows to heal a shattered nation
Newly inaugurated as president of Cote d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, who was a victim of a poisonous law that barred him from power — and indeed from home for years — vows … Read More
How the whole world nearly failed to stop Gbagbo
By Jibril Ture Although he lost the Nov. 28 presidential election, former Cote d’Ivoire’s president, Laurent Gbagbo, desperately stuck to power and the whole world nearly failed to oust him. …