Vol 46 No 7 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Twixt South Africa and France 1st April 2005 Top Ivorian politicians will be under pressure to agree terms for the October elections and to implement commitments already made in fresh talks in South Africa on 3...
Vol 46 No 3 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE High noon 4th February 2005 President Laurent Gbagbo is heading for another showdown with France. He is rebuilding his modest airforce, bombed to cinders by French jets on 6 November after loyalist forces...
Vol 45 No 24 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Another man with a plan 3rd December 2004 Outside the country Gbagbo has few friends - but inside, he is a force to be reckoned with The big guns of the African Union have lost patience with President Laurent Gbagbo. South African President Thabo Mbeki was heading to Abidjan on 2 December to try...
Vol 45 No 23 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE At war with the peacekeepers 19th November 2004 The sacking of the armed forces Chief of Staff may herald a disastrous split in the army Côte d'Ivoire is already split in two, but with refugees heading out of the former African success story to seek refuge in the ruins of Liberia, the question...
Vol 45 No 23 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE No more 'comrade' Gbagbo 19th November 2004 By bombing the French military base at Bouaké, chasing French citizens out of Abidjan, and burning down their schools in the capital, President Laurent Gbagbo has wrecked one...
Vol 45 No 19 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Unlikely heirs 24th September 2004 The harmony may not last, but opponents of President Laurent Gbagbo are meeting in Paris to discuss uniting behind a single candidate in next year's elections.
Vol 45 No 17 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Cocoa wars 27th August 2004 Mediators put together another peace deal as presidential finances come under scrutiny If President Laurent Gbagbo still worries about what people think of him, the row over the resignation of cocoa producers' leader Henri Amouzou has triggered some embarrassing revelations....
Vol 45 No 15 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Chirac's man 21st July 2004 The Marcoussis peace accord appears deadlocked, but French President Jacques Chirac has one more ace up his sleeve: the Gabonese leader El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba. The presence...
Vol 45 No 13 | CÔTE D'IVOIREUNITED NATIONS Tinkering with trouble 25th June 2004 The international community seems powerless to prevent the steady worsening of the crisis (AC Vol 45 No 11). A United Nations Security Council mission arrived on 22 June...
Vol 45 No 11 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Parallel universe 28th May 2004 A fresh military revolt could add to Côte d'Ivoire's woes. President Laurent Gbagbo's Bété andallied ethnic groups (Agni, Atié, Dida and Guéré) now dominate the security apparatus, which...