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Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara ready for reconciliation after forming his new government

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara. © Luc Gnago/Reuters

The president of Ivory Coast is preparing to release dozens of political prisoners faithful to Gbagbo, Bédié and Soro as discussions about Laurent Gbagbo's return to Ivory Coast progress. [...]

Published on 22.04.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Alain Lebognon
Alassane Ouattara
Ange Félix N'Dakpri
Assoa Adou
Charles Ble Goude
Front populaire ivoirien
Génération Populaire et Solidaires
Guillaume Soro
Henri Konan Bedie
HKB
International Criminal Court
Kouadio Konan Bertin
Laurent Gbagbo
Louqimane Camara
Narcisse N'Dri
Parti Democratique de Cote d'Ivoire
Patrick Achi
Rassemblement des Houphouetistes pour la Democratie et la Paix
Rigobert Porlo Soro
Simon Soro
Soro Kanigui
Souleymane Kamagaté
Soumaïla Yao

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Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara in Paris, 11 November 2021.

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Laurent Gbagbo with Alassane Ouattara during their

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Former president of the Ivorian national assembly Guillaume Soro and Congo's head of state Denis Sassou Nguesso.

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Ouattara reins in ruling RHDP party with new committee

Breaking news published on 23/09/21, 12.30 p.m - Increasingly strained relations between the director of the ruling RHDP party Adama Bictogo and Prime Minister Patrick Achi have led Alassane Ouattara to create a new committee, aimed at bringing the party into line.

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Supporters of the Ivorian National Assembly's former president Guillaume Soro, exiled in Europe since 2019 and sentenced to life imprisonment in June, have been trying to reconcile him with the head of state Alassane Ouattara, with the backing of Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso.

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The former president of the Ivorian National Assembly Guillaume Soro.

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Charles Ble Goude
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Guillaume Soro
Henri Konan Bedie
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Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo reconnect in secret

Ivory Coast
Why dialogue between Gbagbo and Ouattara has broken down

Congo, Ivory Coast
Sassou Nguesso and Soro hold secret meeting in Geneva

Ivory Coast
Ouattara reins in ruling RHDP party with new committee

In Focus | Ivory Coast
The quiet attempts to reconcile Alassane Ouattara with his former ally Guillaume Soro

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Gbagbo's secret phone conversation with Ouattara

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Gbabgo to return to Abidjan in June but without a public welcome

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Gon Coulibaly allies back in force in Ouattara's new government

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