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Jul
15
2022
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast President Ouattara to meet predecessors in reconciliation drive

Ivory Coast President Ouattara to meet predecessors in reconciliation drive

NEWS
LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY IVORY Coast President Alassane Ouattara will hold a rare meeting with his predecessors and longtime rivals Laurent Gbagbo and Henri Konan Bedie in an effort to reconcile the West African nation ahead of elections in 2025. The three men have dominated Ivory Coast's fractious political scene since the 1990s. Bedie was president from 1993 until his ouster in a 1999 coup. Gbagbo governed from 2000 until his election defeat to Ouattara in 2010. Tensions came to a head most dramatically after the 2010 election. Gbagbo refused to concede defeat, leading to a brief civil war that killed about…
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Nov
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast opposition leaders face prison for forming rival government – prosecutor

Ivory Coast opposition leaders face prison for forming rival government – prosecutor

NEWS
OPPOSITION candidates in Ivory Coast’s election face charges of terrorism and up to life in prison for denouncing the vote and creating a rival government after President Alassane Ouattara’s victory, a public prosecutor said. The opposition boycotted the October 31 ballot after Ouattara decided to run for a third term in a country that has a two-term limit. When results showed Ouattara won with 94%, former president Henri Konan Bedie and ex-prime minister Pascal Affi N’Guessan said they did not recognise the vote and announced a transition government. Ouattara, in power since 2010, says approval of a new constitution in…
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Nov
04
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast police surround opposition leaders’ houses

Ivory Coast police surround opposition leaders’ houses

NEWS
ANGE ABOA  POLICE in Ivory Coast surrounded the houses of two of President Alassane Ouattara's main rivals on Tuesday after the government accused them of sedition for creating a parallel administration in defiance of Ouattara's landslide win in Saturday's election. It was not immediately clear if anyone had been arrested. But the moves deepened a bitter standoff over the president's bid for a third term that has cost more than 35 lives since August, including at least five during election day on Saturday. Outside the residence of former president Henri Konan Bedie in the commercial capital Abidjan, officers rolled tear…
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Nov
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast’s Ouattara takes early lead in election

Ivory Coast’s Ouattara takes early lead in election

NEWS
AARON ROSS and ANGE ABOA IVORY Coast President Alassane Ouattara has taken a strong early lead as he seeks a third term in an election that has been marked by deadly violence, winning all 20 of the voting districts that were announced by the electoral commission. Ouattara, 78, won at least 99% of the vote in eight of the districts announced from Saturday's vote, most of which are ruling party strongholds. There are 108 districts in total, more of which are expected to be announced soon. The president has been expected to win re-election after his opponents called for a…
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Nov
01
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast votes for president in test of post-war stability

Ivory Coast votes for president in test of post-war stability

NEWS
AARON ROSS, ANGE ABOA and LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY VOTING has started in Ivory Coast as President Alassane Ouattara seeks a third term in an election two rival candidates have urged their supporters to boycott. Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara. Picture: Flickr Former president Henri Konan Bedie Pascal Affi N'Guessan - Ivory Coast - Photo: Wikimedia Commons The streets of the commercial capital Abidjan were quiet and largely empty in contrast to the sometimes violent run-up to the election, which is seen as a test of stability in Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer and one of Africa's fastest-growing economies. In…
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Oct
17
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast leader rejects talks as rivals seek vote boycott

Ivory Coast leader rejects talks as rivals seek vote boycott

NEWS
ANGE ABOA IVORY Coast President Alassane Ouattara has rejected calls for negotiations from rivals urging a boycott of an October 31 election they say he should not be standing for. Ouattara's main challengers, ex-President Henri Konan Bedie and ex-prime minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan, accuse the 78-year-old former International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist of violating the constitution by standing for a third term. Protests against Ouattara's candidacy have killed more than a dozen people since August. Thousands of cheering supporters greeted Ouattara in Bouake, the capital of the rebellion that swept him to power in 2011 after a disputed election, as…
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Sep
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast opposition calls for protests to stop Ouattara’s third term bid

Ivory Coast opposition calls for protests to stop Ouattara’s third term bid

NEWS
ANGE ABOA IVORY Coast's main presidential election challenger and a group of opposition parties have called for a civil disobedience campaign to stop President Alassane Ouattara's bid for a third term on October 31. The election is seen as one of the biggest tests of the stability of the West African nation since a disputed election led to a brief civil war in 2010-11. Henri Konan Bedie Ivory Coast's Constitutional Council has cleared Ouattara, former president Henri Konan Bedie and two other candidates to contest in the vote. Bedie told a packed opposition PDCI party hall in Abidjan that the…
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