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 Laurent Gbagbo plays the longer game in Ivory Coast’s political poker Abidjan – A year ago, former president Laurent Gbagbo returned to his native Ivory Coast after being acquitted abroad... Read more 17 Jun, 2022
Politics Ble Goude calls on Hague court to help him return to Ivory Coast Abidjan – Charles Ble Goude, a former right-hand man to Ivory Coast’s ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, on Monday called on the... Read more 14 Dec, 2021
Politics Ex-Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo launches new quest for presidency Abidjan – Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Sunday launched a new political party he hopes will return... Read more 17 Oct, 2021
Politics Laurent Gbagbo takes new step to Ivory Coast presidency as new party holds congress Abidjan – Laurent Gbagbo, with a decade-long exile behind him, this weekend embarks on a path he hopes will return... Read more 16 Oct, 2021
Politics Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo sets meeting to launch new party Abidjan – A congress to launch Ivorian ex-president Laurent Gbagbo’s new party will take place in Abidjan on October 16... Read more 9 Oct, 2021
Politics Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo announces push for new party Abidjan – Ivory Coast ex-president Laurent Gbagbo on Monday proposed setting up a new political party, his deeply divided... Read more 10 Aug, 2021
Politics Ivorian ex-leader Laurent Gbagbo urges release of ‘prisoners of conscience’ Abidjan – Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Monday called for 110 detainees to be released, describing them as... Read more 3 Aug, 2021
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