In May he visited his Ivorian counterpart Alassane Dramane Ouattara West Africa's most senior statesman and seen as the regional authority on the currency question...

However if the PDCI unites behind Thiam it could pose a significant challenge to the governing Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix (RHDP) and its presumptive candidate Alassane Ouattara...

Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire are the most likely next targets for migration deals with the EU Commission with European Council President Charles Michel having pushed the issue during his visit to presidents Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Alassane Dramane Ouattara in April (AC Vol 65 No 11 Faye's diplomatic rounds)...

Formalities aside political life is focused on future prospects and whether current President Alassane Dramane Ouattara will run for a fourth term...

On 7 May came a trip to Abidjan to see Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara...

As President of the eight-country Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest-Africaine (UEMOA) West African monetary bloc Bazoum was liaising with fellow heads of state and particularly Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Dramane Ouattara...

Double-edgedBut it also poses awkward questions for establishment leaders such as Alassane Ouattara in Côte d'Ivoire or Nigeria's Bola Ahmed Tinubu – both of whom saw their election victories in 2020 and 2023 mired in controversy...

CFA franc reform piloted by Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara is making progress...