Vol 50 No 18 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo has called the postcolonial defence agreements hypocritical but Senegal's Abdoulaye Wade fears countries could slide into civil war without the stabilising effect of French troops who dominate EU peacekeeping forces in Chad and CAR...
Vol 50 No 13 |
- GABON
- FRANCE
Yet no current leader - Presidents Laurent Gbagbo Paul Biya Blaise Compaoré or Denis Sassou-Nguesso - can fulfil the role pioneered by Côte d'Ivoire's President Félix Houphouët-Boigny and continued by the 'Grand Camarade'...
Vol 50 No 11 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
President Laurent Gbagbo (59) is a doctor of history of the Sorbonne France and a prolific author...
He said 'what differentiates the current peace process from earlier efforts is the fact that direct dialogue was offerend by President Laurent Gbagbo and accepted by the FN - the two principal belligerents...
Laurent Gbagbo is hostile to him partly due to the arrest of Michel Gbagbo his oldest son after a peaceful demonstration when Ouattara was Premier under Houphouët-Boigny...
Vol 50 No 1 |
- WEST AFRICA
President Laurent Gbagbo and the ex-rebel Prime Minister Guillaume Soro agreed last summer that enough money was available but that it does not reach the workers on the ground...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 8 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
- CHINA
Whether the incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo the northern leader Alassane Dramane Ouattara or the leader of the former single party the Parti Démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire Henri Konan Bédié wins China is keen to show that it will be a faithful friend...
Vol 49 No 22 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
The postponements have dragged on since 2005 when President Laurent Gbagbo completed his constitutional term...
Vol 49 No 22 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
President Laurent Gbagbo 63 was a university teacher and trade unionist who was imprisoned and exiled for opposing Houphouët-Boigny...
Vol 49 No 20 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Many Abidjanais link Tommy to President Laurent Gbagbo's government although it blames the then Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny for the environmental crisis...
Vol 49 No 14 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
President Laurent Gbagbo assured representatives of the United Nations Security Council - on a flying visit to Abidjan on 9 June - that the November election deadline would hold...
Vol 49 No 14 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
On 13 June Tchimou announced the findings of an enquiry ordered by President Laurent Gbagbo the previous October prompted by accusations of money laundering linked to the CFA 9 bn...