Vol 65 No 22 |
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Billon and a few others came into the PDCI with the idea of putting an end to the sclerosis the party was suffering under the leadership of the late President Henri Konan Bédié who did little but fret over the 1999 coup that deposed him while the party declined (AC Vol 57 No 1 ADO looks ahead & Vol 59 No 3 Jockeying for position)...
Vol 65 No 11 |
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Ivorian public calendars are dominated by a fortnight of official homage to former President Henri Konan Bédié who died last August but will only be interred on 1 June...
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Vol 65 No 11 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
With Henri Konan Bédié dead and 82-year-old President Alassane Dramane Ouattara unlikely to stand again Gbagbo could still find himself as the last man standing of the 'three dinosaurs' of Ivorian politics in 2025 if he can get on the ballot paper (AC Vol 64 No 12 Football before politics)...
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Vol 65 No 5 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Unless a yet-to-be-known actor has a spectacular political ascent the 2025 presidential election will be a contest between the Parti démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) on the one hand – the party has begun its recovery from three decades of sclerosis under the stagnant leadership of its former president the late Henri Konan Bédié – and the Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix (RHDP) on the other...
The death in 2023 of one former rival Henri Konan Bédié and the uncertain electoral appeal and civil status of his other key counterpart Laurent Gbagbo might persuade him to hand over to a younger generation something he had said was necessary before the 2020 election before changing his mind and running again after the sudden death of his planned successor Amadou Gon Coulibaly...
Vol 64 No 24 |
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A big choice faces the internal elections committee of the Parti démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) the long-time ruling party now in opposition as they prepare to choose a new leader after the death of former head of state Henri Konan Bédié on 1 August...
Vol 64 No 12 |
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No formal announcements have been made but it is almost certain that the men many call the 'three dinosaurs' (Ouattara Henri Konan Bédié and Laurent Gbagbo) will run yet again to the frustration of many...
Vol 63 No 24 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Both aged 50 the two men appear to be positioning themselves as next generation successors or alternatives to Ouattara (80) Gbagbo (77) and former president Henri Konan Bédié (88)...
Vol 63 No 10 |
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At this stage no one can rule out another contest pitting him against the other 'elephants' of Ivorian politics: former heads of state Henri Konan Bédié who will be 90 at the time of the next election and Laurent Gbagbo who will be 79 (AC Vol 63 No 1 Après nous le déluge...
This would allow Ouattara to close the door to any comeback for his two historic rivals Laurent Gbagbo and Henri Konan Bédié...
These three known as the 'elephants' are: Henri Konan Bédié who inherited the leadership of Houphouët-Boigny's Parti démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI) and succeeded him in power before being ousted in a 1999 coup; Laurent Gbagbo elected President in controversial 2000 polls following a short-lived period of junta rule; and current President Alassane Ouattara who came to power in 2011 following nine years of on-off civil war that saw the country split in two between north and south (AC Dispatches 23/7/21 The elephants talk reconciliation)...