Countries Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo pushes for amnesty with eye on 2025 vote Abidjan – President Alassane Ouattara last week lifted the shadow of a jail sentence over his erstwhile bitter rival... Read more 13 Aug, 2022
Countries Ivory Coast president Ouattara pardons predecessor Gbagbo Abidjan – Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced on Saturday that he had pardoned his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo, who... Read more 7 Aug, 2022
Cȏte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast’s Ouattara keeps tight grip on reins after reshuffle Abidjan – Ivory Coast’s 80-year-old president, Alassane Ouattara, has given no sign of wanting to hand over the reins... Read more 27 Apr, 2022
Business Mali sanctions imposed with ‘greatest reluctance’, Ivory Coast leader says Libreville – Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Monday that West African nations had imposed stinging sanctions on Mali... Read more 18 Jan, 2022
Politics ‘Hard part’ lies ahead for Ivory Coast after ex-foes hold warm meeting Abidjan – Ivory Coast’s press on Wednesday gushed over an upbeat meeting between President Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo,... Read more 29 Jul, 2021
Politics Conflict ‘behind us’, Ivory Coast’s Ouattara says after greeting rival Abidjan – Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara offered a hearty welcome to his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday as... Read more 28 Jul, 2021
Politics Former Ivory Coast foes Ouattara, Gbagbo set for long-awaited meeting Abidjan – In a key moment in Ivory Coast’s turbulent politics, President Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday will meet his... Read more 27 Jul, 2021
Home Ivory Coast ex-leader Gbagbo heads home after war crimes acquittal Former president Laurent Gbagbo was returning to Ivory Coast on Thursday for the first time in nearly a decade,... Read more 17 Jun, 2021
Home What’s at stake in the homecoming of I Coast’s Gbagbo Ivory Coast’s former president, Laurent Gbagbo, returns home next week after almost a decade in which he was tried... Read more 11 Jun, 2021