Ever since the untimely deaths of president Alassane Ouattara's anointed successors Amadou Gon Coulibaly and Hamed Bakayoko (AC Vol 61 No 15 Quest for a new dauphin & Vol 62 No 6 Many shoes to fill) the RHDP has kicked the succession can down the road which has fuelled wild speculation and increased intra-party tensions...

By the time the final whistle blew at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium to signal the end of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON) there was unanimous agreement that Côte d'Ivoire's had been the best edition of the tournament in living memory...

Battle for the bonds The announcement by Côte d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara of plans to issue another Eurobond on the international markets later this month follows recent speculation that 2024 could see the return of sub-Saharan Africa sovereigns to the markets as global financing conditions improve and the hefty Africa borrowing premium possibly diminishes...

Côte d'IvoireCitizens decide in October 2025 whether President Alassane Ouattara should be given a fourth successive term – if he decides to run...

Although regularly touted as a potential next generation national leader he signalled no interest in returning to a political arena still dominated by incumbent president Alassane Ouattara and his predecessor and rivals Laurent Gbagbo and Bédié...

At the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summit in Abuja the usually pacific President of Côte d'Ivoire Alassane Ouattara described Bazoum's detention as a 'terrorist act'...

The polls will see high-ranking ministers members of parliament and government officials vying for the position of mayor in the country's 201 communes or president of the 31 regional councils in the second electoral test of the newly realigned and merged political parties since the re-election of President Alassane Dramane Ouattara 81 in October 2020 (AC Vol 61 No 20 Ouattara leads in a perilous poll)...

But Alassane Ouattara also telephoned Malian junta chief Colonel Assimi Goïta with an invitation to make an official visit – just the sort of recognition of legitimacy that Bamako had been angling for...

And at Port Bouët beside Abidjan airport 900 French troops are based under a 2012 partnership agreement which came just after Paris helped President Alassane Ouattara's forces to victory over those of President Laurent Gbagbo in the unrest that followed the presidential election (AC Vol 52 No 18 Gbagbo: France's part in his downfall)...