Ivory Coast
Why dialogue between Gbagbo and Ouattara has broken down

Ivory Coast
Gbagbo pays low-profile visit to Brussels

Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo discreetly left Ivory Coast on 16 June and headed to Brussels, where he is currently staying for a 'private trip'.

Ivory Coast
Brussels provides €400,000 to finance Ivorian local elections

With just months to go before municipal and regional elections set for September, the European Union has injected €400,000 into the Ivorian electoral process via the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo reconnect in secret

On 10 January, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara ordered the payment with arrears of the financial sum that Laurent Gbagbo had been claiming for over two years. Shortly afterwards, the two men spoke by telephone, and have agreed to meet in February.

Ivory Coast
Florence Atse Achi in the running for Adzopé mayor?

Florence Atse Achi, wife of Ivory Coast PM Patrick Achi, is expected to stand for the RHDP (the presidential party) to be mayor of the town of Adzopé, the Achi stronghold.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Henri Konan Bedie, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Emmanuel Macron and Assimi Goita

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Ivory Coast Bedie's secret call to Ouattara

Niger embassies deplore administrative harassment

Congo Omar Denis Jr Bongo feels at home in Malabo

France/Mali Behind Assimi Goita's first call to Macron

Palace Intrigues
Emmanuel Macron, Nana Akufo-Addo, Laurent Gbagbo, Sylvie Baïpo-Temon

Intrigues big and small... Every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

France/Egypt Will Macron cut the ribbon of the Suez Canal Museum?

Ghana/France Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo heading to the Sorbonne

Ivory Coast Gbagbo's bank accounts unblocked

France/CAR Baïpo-Temon acts as stand-in CAR consul in France

Ivory Coast
General Bruno Dogbo Blé at the heart of dispute between Gbagbo and Ouattara

Publicly, the current head of state and his predecessor are engaged in an information battle but behind the scenes the communication channels are much smoother, if not for the thorny matter of the imprisonment of soldiers loyal to Laurent Gbagbo.

Ivory Coast
A game of electoral bluff

With the presidential election less than a year off, Alassane Ouattara, Henri Konan Bedie, Laurent Gbagbo and Guillaume Soro are giving out mixed messages.