Vol 41 No 22 |
- WEST AFRICA
In the first two the victors are trying to consolidate power: in Senegal where Abdoulaye Wade won the presidency from incumbent Abdou Diouf in March and in Côte d'Ivoire still reeling from last month's coup de théâtre when supporters of Laurent Gbagbo chased out military leader General Robert Gueï...
Vol 41 No 21 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
The flight of military leader General Robert Gueï to Benin and the assumption of the Presidency by Laurent Gbagbo the winner of the 22 October election solves one problem but creates several new ones...
Vol 41 No 19 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
The head of the military junta General Robert Gueï says the generals who ranked second and third in his regime tried to have him murdered...
Vol 41 No 15 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
General Robert Gueï's junta aims to set up a civilian regime before the end of the year but is not even in full control of its own army...
Delegates were discouraged from discussing at length conflicts in Somalia and Chad yet they agreed to send a heads of state delegation to Côte d'Ivoire to mediate in the growing confrontation between presidential aspirant Alassane Dramane Ouattara and military leader General Robert Gueï...
Vol 41 No 13 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Since it took over on 24 December 1999 General Robert Gueï's military junta has not settled the divisive issue of presidential eligbility or even Ivorian citizenship (AC Vol 41 No 1)...
Vol 41 No 13 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
In Paris General Robert Gueï is supported by a troop of retired generals who have gone into business...
Vol 41 No 9 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
President-General Robert Gueï's key ministers - government coordinator Seydou Diarra and Economy Minister Ngolo Coulibaly - insist the payment has been transferred to Banque Nationale de Paris in Luxembourg...
Vol 41 No 8 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
The referendum is also expected to lower the voting age from 21 to 18: like new President Abdoulaye Wade in Senegal General Robert Gueï likes to talk about the role of young people in his rise to power - though in Gueï's case they were soldiers not voters (AC Vol 41 Nos 1 & 2)...
On 25 March interviewed by Le Monde he called on General Robert Gueï of Côte d'Ivoire to retire from the army and 'wait a little while' if he intended to stand for election and to allow Alassane Dramane Ouattara back into political life...