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Mar
11
2024
By The African Mirror
Ex-Ivory Coast President Gbagbo agrees to contest 2025 election

Ex-Ivory Coast President Gbagbo agrees to contest 2025 election

NEWS
FORMER Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo agreed to lead the party he founded into the 2025 presidential elections, spokesman Katinan Kone told Reuters following a meeting of the party's central committee. Gbagbo, president of the West African country from 2000 to 2011, launched his African People's Party - Cote d'Ivoire (PPA-CI) in 2021 following his acquittal on war crimes charges by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and return from a decade abroad. He was acquitted in 2019 by the Netherlands-based ICC on charges relating to his role in a civil war sparked by his refusal to concede defeat in an…
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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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Jun
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Gbagbo back home after decade of exile

Gbagbo back home after decade of exile

NEWS
ANGE ABOA and LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY IVORY Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo, ousted during a civil war in 2011 and acquitted of war crimes in The Hague, is back home from a decade in exile as thousands took to the streets to welcome him. A small number of loyalists allowed into the airport in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan cheered and screamed as the commercial flight from Brussels landed. Gbagbo, wearing a blue shirt and white face mask, got into a black SUV for the ride to his party's headquarters. Along the route, overjoyed supporters cheered and ran alongside his convoy…
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Jun
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Ghagbo returns to the Ivory Coast

Ghagbo returns to the Ivory Coast

NEWS
ANGE ABOA and LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY  IVORY Coast is preparing for the return of former President Laurent Gbagbo today, a move that his supporters and the government hope will help ease tensions that have hung over the country since his arrest a decade ago. Supporters have been buying party memorabilia such as scarves, pouches and garments bearing Gbagbo's image in the Yopougon district of Abidjan, considered his political stronghold, since his return was confirmed on May 31. The government of President Alassane Ouattara, which initially objected to Gbago's party announcing his return date without official approval, has accepted the plan as…
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Apr
08
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Gbagbo “free to return” to Ivory Coast’

‘Gbagbo “free to return” to Ivory Coast’

NEWS
LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY FORMER Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and one of his close allies have permission to return home following their acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court, President Alassane Ouattara said on Wednesday. But Gbagbo's return could be complicated by a 20-year sentence given to him in absentia in November 2019 by an Ivorian court for misappropriating funds from the regional central bank. While Ouattara did not say whether Gbagbo had been pardoned, his return could ease political tensions in the world's top cocoa producing nation after an October presidential election marred by violence.…
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Oct
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast former president Gbagbo breaks silence to warn of election ‘catastrophe’

Ivory Coast former president Gbagbo breaks silence to warn of election ‘catastrophe’

NEWS
LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY and AARON ROSS FORMER Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo warned on Thursday the West African nation faced a catastrophe if candidates in Saturday's presidential election do not resolve a standoff that has led to violent protests and an opposition call for a boycott. Unidentified assailants torched several vehicles and assaulted residents in the commercial capital Abidjan late on Wednesday, police said, underscoring the tense atmosphere in a race marred by sometimes deadly clashes over President Alassane Ouattara's bid for a third term. On the last day of campaigning ahead of the vote, Gbagbo said he felt compelled to…
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Sep
15
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast council approves President Ouattara for third term bid

Ivory Coast council approves President Ouattara for third term bid

NEWS
IVORY Coast's Constitutional Council ruled that President Alassane Ouattara is eligible to run for a third term in the October 31 presidential election, even as opponents said his candidacy jeopardises the West African country's democracy. Violent protests have rocked Ivory Coast since Ouattara, in power since 2010, announced his candidacy. Over a dozen people have died in clashes between protesters and police since August. The constitution says the president can only stay in power for two terms, but Ouattara has argued that the publication of a new constitution in 2016 reset his presidency. The unrest has political observers worried that…
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Aug
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast police fire teargas at supporters of former president

Ivory Coast police fire teargas at supporters of former president

NEWS
POLICE fired teargas to disperse a protest in the commercial capital, Abidjan, on Thursday against the exclusion of former President Laurent Gbagbo and others from the voter rolls for October's presidential election. Hundreds of protesters had gathered outside the national electoral commission's headquarters to demand that Gbagbo, his ally Charles Ble Goude and former prime minister Guillaume Soro be included in the rolls, a Reuters witness said. Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara. Photo: Presidency of the Republic of Benin The electoral commission said the three were not included because of criminal convictions and that it will consider appeals against their…
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Aug
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast’s former PM named by Gbagbo’s party as presidential candidate

Ivory Coast’s former PM named by Gbagbo’s party as presidential candidate

NEWS
THE party of Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo named his one-time prime minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan as its candidate for the October presidential vote, ending speculation Gbagbo might return from abroad to stand. The election is seen as the biggest test yet of the tenuous stability achieved since a civil war in 2010-11 in which around 3,000 people were killed, sparked by Gbagbo's refusal to step down from office after a disputed election. "I am a winning candidate and we will win," N'Guessan told members of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) party ahead of their vote for his candidacy.…
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