Cote d'Ivoire

Cote d'Ivoire: Government, Rebels Allegedly Rearming
Recent reports of arms deals involving Cote d'Ivoire may indicate a conflict is brewing between the government and rebel groups, particularly as the target date for elections nears. [more]
Cote d'Ivoire: Debt Restructuring and Presidential Politics
A deal cut with the Paris Club will restructure Ivorian debt and likely lead to the re-election of President Laurent Gbagbo. (With STRATFOR map) [more]
Africa: Constraints on FDI in the Sub-Sahara
Sub-Saharan Africa’s geography determines its politics, economics and industry, in particular by limiting foreign investment and constraining the directions in which foreign capital flows. [more]
The New Era
July 9, 2008 1508 GMT
An Israeli-Syrian peace deal and a U.S.-Iranian deal over Iraq are within sight. [more]
Cote d'Ivoire: The Government's Plan for Victory
The Ivorian government will use security personnel and other means to guarantee its victory in a presidential election slated for Nov. 29. [more]
Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo's Electoral Calculations
The U.N. Security Council voted Jan. 15 to extend the mandate of the U.N. peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire. Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo might see this as an opportunity to hold a presidential election. [more]
Cote d'Ivoire: Cocoa Strike Unlikely to Last
A strike by Cote d'Ivoire's Coffee and Cocoa Exchange -- timed to coincide with the country's cocoa harvest season -- is aimed at giving the group negotiating leverage for better pay and work conditions. [more]
Cote d'Ivoire: The Continuing North-South Divide
Even if the newest plan to disarm and reintegrate Cote d'Ivoire's New Forces rebel group is successful, other tensions will remain until the southern-based government addresses the core issue of national identity. [more]
June 29, 2007 2030 GMT
A rocket attack against Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro's airplane in northern Cote... [more]
June 21, 2007 1727 GMT
French prosecutors opened an investigation June 18 into possible embezzlement charges against... [more]
March 27, 2007 2140 GMT
Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo nominated the leader of Cote d'Ivoire's rebel New Forces,... [more]
March 5, 2007 2203 GMT
Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and rebel New Forces leader Guillaume Soro agreed March 4 to a... [more]
January 26, 2007 0555 GMT
Union workers in Guinea began demonstrating Jan. 10, demanding political and economic reforms,... [more]
January 12, 2007 0332 GMT
The U.N. Security Council has extended the deployment of 11,000 U.N. and French peacekeepers in... [more]
December 13, 2006 0513 GMT
Officials in Cote d'Ivoire uncovered a coup plot against President Laurent Gbagbo, Ivorian Col.... [more]
October 18, 2006 0330 GMT
Cocoa farmers in Cote d'Ivoire began striking Oct. 16 to protest the low price set by the... [more]
September 8, 2006 0301 GMT
Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo asked Sept. 7 that Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny, who... [more]
August 3, 2006 0356 GMT
An attack by pro-government militias against striking sailors in the Ivorian capital of Abidjan... [more]
January 17, 2006 2256 GMT
Several hundred pro-government protesters in the Ivorian commercial capital of Abidjan entered... [more]
June 30, 2005 0035 GMT
Negotiators reached an agreement June 29 holding that the disarmament of rebels and militias in... [more]
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