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Cote D’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara has confirmed his candidacy for re-election. Photo: File
ALASSANE OUATTARA

Ouattara poised to win Cote d’Ivoire’s October presidential elections

This is despite protests by opposition parties

  • Thembisa Fakude
4 min read
Guinea’s president Alpha Conde surrounded by soldiers.
ALPHA CONDE

Photos capture Africa’s mighty as they fall

Alpha Condé is not the first president to have his humiliation captured on camera.

  • Simon Allison
  • The Continent
2 min read
A soldier of the United Nations Operation in Ivory Coast (ONUCI) check weapons seized during the post-election political crisis in Ivory Coast at the military base in Abidjan, on July 12, 2012. The Ivorian government launched a new census of ex-combatants involved in the deadly post-election crisis of 2010-2011 and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara promised to reform the army and to tackle the problem of ex-fighters, many of whom kept weapons. AFP PHOTO/ SIA KAMBOU (Photo by SIA KAMBOU / AFP)
ADAMA TOUNGARA

The European companies that armed the Ivorian civil war

AN OCCRP investigation reveals that Gunvor and Semlex brokered weapons-for-oil deals in early 2011 when Côte d’Ivoire was in crisis, despite a UN arms embargo

  • Khadija Sharife
  • Mark Anderson
  • Sana Sbouai
  • Mathieu Olivier
14 min read
Supporters of Ivory Coast’s president hold placards picturing Ouattara and reading “ADO” (for Alassane Dramane Ouattara) on October 9, 2015 in Yamoussoukro. (Photo: Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images)
AFRICAN UNION

Alassane Ouattara: In the eye of Côte d’Ivoire’s perpetual succession crisis

His road to the presidency was anchored in contention and acrimony, and if his bid is successful, Alassane Ouattara will have ruled for two decades when all is said and done.

  • Mvemba Phezo Dizolele
  • Lauren David Seaman
8 min read
AMADOU GON COULIBALY

Decision time: Can Côte d’Ivoire’s president resist the allure of a third term?

After the death of the president’s chosen successor, the ruling party says “everything is possible”

  • Leanne de Bassompierre
5 min read
Speculation is rife that President Alassane Ouattara may end up seeking the third term he had earlier said he would not pursue.
ALASSANE OUATTARA

Côte D’Ivoire’s president has imperilled West African democracy

Alassane Ouattara has finally committed to stepping down after his second term, but leaves behind a dangerous legacy for the region

  • Louis Metcalfe
6 min read
In some of the countries having elections this year, the results will not only be determined by what happens on polling day.
ABIY AHMED

Elections test Africa’s democracy

Nine countries will go to the polls this year, but most will be held amid violence and suppression

  • David Kode
6 min read
Today, acquitted of alleged crimes against humanity committed during the battles of 2010-11, Charles Ble Goude has told AFP he wants to help bring peace to his battered nation. (Peter Dejong/Pool/Reuters)
ALASSANE OUATTARA

Côte d’Ivoire’s ‘general of the streets’ vows peace

Today, acquitted of alleged crimes against humanity committed during the battles of 2010-11, Charles Ble Goude says he wants to help bring peace

  • Christophe Koffi
3 min read
Laurent Gbagbo: The decision for release was only agreed upon by two of the three judges, a majority being sufficient. (Peter Dejong/AFP/Getty Images)
CHARLES BLE GOUDE

Victims can’t rely on ICC for justice

Meant to tackle international crimes, the court has only convicted three individuals in 20 years

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
Prosecutors say there is a risk that if released now, Gbagbo and Ble Goude will refuse to return to face justice if the court later decides to overturn their acquittal. (XINHUA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
COTE D IVOIRE

ICC halts release of Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo

Prosecutors filed a last-ditch challenge late Wednesday to keep the pair behind bars while the ICC looks at an overall appeal

  • Danny Kemp
3 min read
Judges ordered the immediate release of the 73-year-old deposed strongman, the first head of state to stand trial at the troubled ICC, and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude. (Peter Dejong/Pool via REUTERS)
COTE D IVOIRE

ICC acquits former Ivory Coast strongman Gbagbo

Judges ordered the immediate release of the 73-year-old deposed strongman

  • Agency
2 min read
Prosecutors have said that Gbagbo, the first former head of state to be handed over to the ICC, clung to power “by all means” in the world’s largest cocoa producer. (AFP)
ALASSANE OUATTARA

War crimes court to rule on release of Côte d’Ivoire ex-president

Laurent Gbagbo has spent seven years behind bars on charges of crimes against humanity

  • Jan Hennop
4 min read
COTE D IVOIRE

Côte d’Ivoire ex-president opens freedom bid at ICC

Laurent Gbagbo will ask the International Criminal Court to acquit him of crimes against humanity and free him after seven years in detention

  • Charlotte Van Ouwerkerk
3 min read
Ouattarra’s RDR liberal party last month voted to back the formation of a large ‘unified party’ with its allies but said there should be a primary to choose its candidate before the presidential polls.
AGENCY

Ally of Côte d’Ivoire president rejects plan for ‘unified party’

Transformation of the ruling coalition into a unified party has been a recurring theme in Ivorian politics over the past decade

  • Agency
2 min read
Chancellor Angela Merkel with Cote d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara.
ALASSANE OUATTARA

Ivory Coast: Pro-Ouattara rebel leaders charged with war crimes

Rebel leaders who backed Ivory Coast’s president Alassane Ouattara have been charged with crimes committed during post-election violence in 2010-2011.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read