Henri Konan Bédié

It is intended to get rid of some of the worst excesses of former President Henri Konan Bédié's government such as a seven-year presidential term and a senate appointed by the executive...

He had no objection to French bases in Senegal but would not allow Paris to use them to restore Ivorian ex-President Henri Konan-Bédié though he had no objection to French troops restoring 'a democratically elected president' who had been overthrown...

Suspicions that Gueï plans to stay in power have been fuelled by his move from the defence headquarters at Camp Galliéni to the palace formerly occupied by the President Henri Konan Bédié and by his appointment of 23 presidential advisors and staff...

Robert Guei's coup against President Henri Konan Bédié proved popular at least among Ivorians suffering from the regime's xenophobia and economic mismanagement...

Confidence in politicians and state institutions is at an all-time low after six years of President Henri Konan Bédié's rule...

Ouattara was at the centre of a political row last year when President Henri Konan Bédié tried to stop him running for president in elections scheduled for this year...

Crisis has come in the struggle by President Henri Konan Bédié to exclude from next year's presidential election the recently retired Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Alassane Dramane Ouattara...

If he refuses the blandishments of those encouraging him to go for a third term Konaré will further stand out from his fellow long-standing Francophone leaders Côte d'Ivoire's Henri Konan-Bédié and Senegal's Abdou Diouf - both of whom face elections next year which threaten to degenerate into chaos and violence...

Now though President Henri Konan Bédié is determined to be re-elected and his government has launched a virulent campaign against his only serious rival Alassane Dramane Ouattara (AC Vol 40 No 17)...

The response of President Henri Konan Bédié's government is to sack three ministers in charge of visibly failed policies where the World Bank and International Monetary Fund insist on reform...