Vol 41 No 13 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Pierre Joxe a former PS Secretary and Defence Minister reminds them that Nicéphore Soglo who left the World Bank to rule Benin (1991-1996) was a disappointment...
P>Spiralling fuel price rises a troublesome cotton privatisation and a strong whiff of institutional corruption mean President Mathieu Kérékou should worry about his re-election fight next March with Nicéphore Soglo the man he defeated in 1996...
The President Kérékou beat in 1996 Nicéphore Soglo may well run again in 2001...
Democrats Nicéphore Soglo in Benin and Albert Zafy in Madagascar were both beaten in second-round votes by former dictators...
Vol 38 No 23 |
- WEST AFRICA
Taylor saw this as political interference accused Nigeria of undermining Liberia's sovereignty and won some support from Francophone Ecowas governments including Burkina Faso Côte d'Ivoire and Benin under President Nicéphore Soglo...
Vol 38 No 18 |
- BENIN
- NIGERIA
In Abuja there is a feeling that since Kérékou is both a northerner and a military man he should be easier to deal with than his predecessor Nicéphore Soglo (President 1991-96) an archetypal politician...
Vol 37 No 16 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
As President of Benin former World Bank official Nicéphore Soglo managed to turn most West African leaders against him not least because he looked pro-American...
His foreign friends include Presidents Pascal Lissouba of Congo and Ange-Félix Patassé of the Central African Republic as well as ex-President Nicéphore Soglo of Benin...
His foreign friends include Presidents Pascal Lissouba of Congo and Ange-Félix Patassé of the Central African Republic as well as ex-President Nicéphore Soglo of Benin...
Benin's electors preferred the strongman they once rejected to Nicéphore Soglo the economic reformer whose policies brought them scant rewards...