Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Will Ouattara manage to shut out his ‘friend' Bedie by 2020?

The pact between Henri Konan Bedie (right) and Alassane Ouattara is now broken.
The pact between Henri Konan Bedie (right) and Alassane Ouattara is now broken. © Reuters
Henri Konan Bedie (aka HKB), a political ally (of convenience) of Alassane Ouattara since 2010, is fuming at the behaviour of the Ivorian president, who is also the leader of the Rassemblement des Republicains (RDR). In private, the current president [...]
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