Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Bédié, Gbagbo, Ouattara… Spectre of 2010 hangs over 2020 presidential election

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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
Talks heat up ahead of government reshuffle

Abidjan is abuzz with talk as Alassane Ouattara prepares his new cabinet, which could spell RHDP executive director Adama Bictogo's great comeback.

Ivory Coast, United States
Yohannes Mekbebe to take over helm of US chamber of commerce

The American-Ethiopian businessman and Yeshi MD Yohannes Mekbebe will take over the presidency of the US chamber of commerce in Abidjan this summer, replacing Gnalhey.

Ivory Coast
All eyes on Idemia as it revises voters list

French firm Idemia is due to start registering voters on 10 June before updating the electoral roll. Opposition parties and the international community will be watching closely.

Ivory Coast
Algest to resurrect Conseil de l'Entente with new headquarters

Founded in 1959 by the ex-Ivorian president Félix Houphouët-Boigny, the [...]

Ivory Coast
Political allies desert Alassane Ouattara over his backing for Amadou Gon Coulibaly

After Henri Konan Bédié and Guillaume Soro, Marcel Amon Tanoh, who resigned on 19 March, has become the latest in a long line of former Ouattara allies who have opted to sever ties with the president.

Africa
Covid-19 - a political tsunami for the leaders of francophone Africa?

As African governments take emergency measures to combat the pandemic, several west African leaders find themselves in the firing line of public opinion.

Ivory Coast
Marcel Amon Tanoh in firing line of Alassane Ouattara

The Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara may be poised to sack [...]

Ivory Coast
Amadou Gon Coulibaly gets his presidential campaign up and running

Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who is bidding to succeed Alassane Ouattara, has set up a core campaign team and has made peace with those who are sceptical about his presidential credentials.

Ivory Coast
Sarkozy plays hard to get with Guillaume Soro

Very critical of Emmanuel Macron, the former speaker of the [...]

Ivory Coast
Inza Fofana becomes Ouattara's go-to man for security

In recent months, the Unité de lutte contre le grande banditisme (ULGB) commanded by Colonel Inza Fofana, which is based [...]

Ivory Coast
Laurent Gbagbo strives to get FPI battle-ready

In the run-up to October's presidential election, the former president [...]

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara attempts to silence anti-Gon lobby

As the potential candidacy of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly in the presidential election continues to divide the RHDP, Alassane Ouattara is backing his protégé to the hilt.

Ivory Coast
The secret history of the Guillaume Soro recording

Navigating through the cloud of PR coming out of the two camps, the West Africa Newsletter has managed to reconstruct when, how and why the recording that led to an arrest warrant against Guillaume Soro was made.

Ivory Coast
Electoral commission under pressure

The composition of the Commission électorale indépendante (CEI) for the presidential election of 2020 continues to be a serious bone of contention for the main opposition parties.

Ivory Coast
Guillaume Soro aspires to be leader of united opposition

The former speaker of parliament Guillaume Soro is seeking to rally an anti-Ouattara front behind him for his presidential bid.

Ivory Coast
Weakened within the RHDP, Amadou Gon Coulibaly beefs up his PR

In the face of criticism, the current prime minister and probable RHDP presidential candidate wants a 4.0 image makeover.

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.

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara sends Laurent Gbagbo's speech writer to Algiers

The 2020 presidential election campaign has got off to a good start. To deprive Laurent Gbagbo's Front populaire ivoirien (FPI) [...]

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara's 2020 electoral manoeuvres

The Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara is preparing to amend the constitution to facilitate the presidential bid of his prime minister, Amadou Gon Coulibaly.

Ivory Coast
Bedie, Soro and Gbagbo gear up for talks over 2020

Henri Konan Bedie is seeking to form a united front with Laurent Gbagbo and Guillaume Soro for the presidential election of October 2020. An initiative that the Ivorian presidency is trying to torpedo.

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Political parties struggle with change

Since the death of President Felix Houphouet-Boigny in 1993, the balance of power between Ivory Coast’s political parties has shifted. However President Alassane Ouattara’s Rassemblement des Republicains (RDR), the Parti Democratique de Cote d’Ivoire (PDCI), which was Ivory Coast’s sole [.