Cote d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara announces a possible third run
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
Tag: Laurent Gbagbo
Jailed former Cote d’Ivoire’s first lady Simone Gbagbo, others, granted presidential pardon
BY BILL J. FIGHTER The former first lady of Cote d’Ivoire, Simone Ggbagbo, who was serving a 20-year jail sentence after being convicted in 2015 for her role in the … 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 …
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. …
Profile of President Gbagbo, a resilient, controversial leader
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU Laurent Gbagbo was born on May 31, 1945 in Gagnoa, midwest Cote d’Ivoire. He started his secondary school education at the Gagnoa Seminary and later completed it …
Why ECOWAS could not restore peace in Cote d’Ivoire after the 2001 rebellion
BY RICHARD KUMBA West African leaders deployed an unprecedented diplomatic mechanism to save Côte d’Ivoire from self-destruction, after a mutiny rocked that country on September 19, 2002, killing 400 people …
The rise and fall of Laurent Gbagbo
Laurent Gbagbo, who was a lightweight politician until October 2000, owes his rise to the presidency that year to a man that some in Cote d’Ivoire believe has died in …
Exclusive interview with Cote d’Ivoire’s president Laurent Gbagbo
By Soumanou Salifou It was Saturday mid-afternoon, but it looked quite like a weekday at President Laurent Gbagbo’s office. Visitors, including some foreigners like me, were waiting patiently to … Read More