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Soro deploys internet crack squad

The speaker of the Ivorian parliament places a great deal of store in internet and social media communication. [...] (350 words)

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IVORY COAST
Blaise Compaore
Canal Plus
Demba Diop
Djibrill Bassole
Facebook
Forces nouvelles
Franklin Nyamsi
Guillaume Soro
Hamed Bakayoko
Hussein Kouame
Marc Antoine Hodonou
Moussa Toure
Sabine Kheris
Sidiki Konate
Twitter
Yehni Djidji

Ouattara’s would-be heirs limber up

Although president Alassane Ouattara’s succession isn’t on the agenda his would-be heirs are already jockeying for position on the social media.

FRANCE Politics 23/12/2015

Soro goes for slightly less opulence

Ivorian parliamentary speaker Guillaume Soro usually stays at the Hotel

IVORY COAST 14/12/2015

How Soro threw off his pursuers to get back to Abidjan

Ivorian National Assembly president Guillaume Soro, who is wanted for questioning by French magistrates (WAN 718 and WAN 719), made

Spotlight

IVORY COAST Politics 09/12/2015

Soro's election marathon begins in a minefield

Guillaume Soro, the speaker of Ivory Coast's parliament and former Forces Nouvelles (FN) rebel leader, has entered a minefield ahead of the 2020 presidential elections, which he has ambitions to win. Almost as if he were deliberately being targeted, since

IVORY COAST 07/12/2015

French magistrate issues an arrest warrant for Guillaume Soro

On December 5 in Paris, examining magistrate Sabine Kheris issued a warrant for the arrest of Guillaume Soro. She has

IVORY COAST 16/11/2015

Guillaume Soro receives a fresh summons from French magistrate

After having agreed to postpone the summons in October to take account of Guillaume Soro’s involvement in the Ivory Coast’s

AFRICA Politics 29/07/2015

French lawyers mine rich seam working for African leaders

Francois Serres, who is defending Hissene Habre, is among an array of French lawyers that have carved a niche for themselves working for African leaders.

IVORY COAST Politics 20/05/2015

Bakayoko wages purge against Soro loyalists

Alain Lobognon lost his job as sports minister in the government reshuffle on May 13 largely due to Hamed Bakayoko’s behind-the-scenes efforts. The interior minister is laying the groundwork for his own presidential bid in 2020.

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IVORY COAST Politics 18/02/2015

Barbed remarks fly between Bakayoko and Soro

Far from subsiding, a struggle between Hamed Bakayoko and Guillaume Soro for the future leadership of Ivory Coast appears to be growing fiercer by the day. Intent on gaining a march over his rival, Bakayoko, the country’s security and interior

Insiders IVORY COAST 18/06/2013

Guillaume Soro, from battle dress to business suit

Guillaume Soro has played numerous roles on his way up from student politics to rebel leader and then president of the National Assembly. In the space of less than a decade, he has been able to forge wide-ranging and varied contacts in the military, institutional and business spheres, making him a rare specimen in post-Félix Houphouët-Boigny Côte d'Ivoire.

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