Henri Konan Bédié

Former President Henri Konan Bédié who wants his old job back curiously defended the 'beauty' of the original concept of Ivoirité...

One striking image from his visit to Abidjan was a photograph of De Villepin with Gbagbo and former President Henri Konan Bédié...

Henri Konan Bédié the former president toppled by Gueï and head of the once monolithic PDCI is surprisingly quiet in his opulent lagoon-side home...

Former President Henri Konan Bédié holed up with the Canadian envoy...

The FPI and ex-President Henri Konan Bédié's Parti Démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire each won 18 councils...

Three years ago the Fund froze lending in response to corruption and financial mismanagement by President Henri Konan Bédié's government...

Amid the ostentatious camaraderie former President Henri Konan Bédié was glum sitting awkwardly opposite General Robert Gueï who ousted him in a coup in December 1999...

None of the three main opposition figures - ex President Henri Konan Bédié General Robert Gueï and ex-Premier Alassane Ouattara - turned up at the opening ceremony on 9 October...

Henri Konan Bédié who came to power after the death of Independence leader Félix Houphouët-Boigny in 1993 refused to negotiate with soldiers who mutinied for pay in December 1999...

Former President Henri Konan-Bédié and his old rival Alassane Dramane Ouattara are in exile in France while deposed military leader General Robert Gueï says he still hasn't received his invitation...