Laurent Gbagbo

CÔTE D'IVOIRE: President Laurent Gbagbo insists there can be no elections until the rebels disarm so polls may not take place as planned in October (AC Vol 46 No 23)...

Surprisingly Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo also warmly congratulated Compaoré whom he has regularly accused of backing the rebel Forces Nouvelles in northern Côte d'Ivoire (AC Vol 46 No 22)...

President Laurent Gbagbo has told ruling party officials and presidential aides to avoid inflammatory statements partly because a United Nations' travel ban and financial sanctions could hit anyone obstructing peace...

President Laurent Gbagbo's five-year term in office ended on 26 October but he insists on staying on...

President Laurent Gbagbo and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan agree on one thing: elections cannot be held on 30 October...

With over 10 000 peacekeepers in country France and the United Nations are pressing President Laurent Gbagbo to demobilise his militias (AC Vol 46 No 14)...

Few believe that credible elections can be held in Côte d'Ivoire leaving three unpalatable alternatives: the best (but least likely) outcome would be for the government and its opponents to negotiate a postponement of the elections and an extension of President Laurent Gbagbo's mandate...

This brings President Laurent Gbagbo's legitimacy into dispute as his five-year mandate will have expired by 30 October...

In a secret investigation Sierra Leone's Special Court has accused Taylor of breaking the terms of his asylum and plotting to overthrow the governments of Conté and of Laurent Gbagbo in Côte d'Ivoire (AC Vol 46 No 9)...

Côte d'Ivoire's Laurent Gbagbo relates to almost any beleaguered leader...