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Alassane Ouattara

Ivory Coast
Convalescent Gon Coulibaly still RHDP's only presidential candidate

The Ivorian prime minister, who left Paris's La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in the evening of 7 May, is set to return to Abidjan at the end of May and to be declared the RHDP's presidential candidate sometime in June.

Subscribers only Politics 12.05.2020

Ivorian prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly.

Ivory Coast
Gon Coulibaly's departure for medical treatment in Paris has upset Alassane Ouattara's presidential election campaign

The Ivorian president had been due to install a "campaign" government to prepare for the elections but Amadou Gon Coulibaly's unexpected departure for Paris has forced him to review his plans.

Subscribers only Politics 04.05.2020

Ivory Coast
Guillaume Soro aims to put Alassane Ouattara under greater international pressure

Takng advantage of the decison of the African Court on Human Rights ordering Ivory Coast to suspend the international arrest warrant issued against him, Guillaume Soro aims to pull out all the stops to get the international community to intervene in his favour.

Subscribers only Politics 27.04.2020

Guillaume Soro, former President of the National Assembly.

Ivory Coast
Government's favourite banker Youssouf Fadiga to manage FCFA 520bn Covid-19 allocation

No less than four different public financial institutions competed with each other for the right to manage the emergency funds set up to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. Youssouf Fadiga's BNI finally came out the winner.

Subscribers only Politics 22.04.2020

BNI Director Youssouf Fadiga (left) with the Minister of the Economy, Amadou Coulibaly.

Ivory Coast
The businessman Amadou Gon Coulibaly chose to buy masks in China

The contract to supply Ivory Coast with ventilators and masks was won by the Ousmane Bamba.

Subscribers only Business 21.04.2020

Le premier ministre Amadou Gon Coulibaly et Ousmane Bamba.

Ivory Coast
Marc Gentilini, Alassane Ouattara's discreet Covid-19 advisor

Marc Gentilini, a French doctor and former Red Cross president who has known the presidential couple for over a decade, has quietly been advising Alassane Ouattara since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis.

Subscribers only Politics 20.04.2020

West Africa
African bankers Thiam, Kaberuka, Onkojo-Iwelea reinvent themselves as debt reduction crusaders

In a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a small group of financiers are lobbying intensely to get holders of African eurobonds to postpone their redemption dates for two years. The campaign is as advantageous for those waging it, however, as it is for its potential beneficiaries.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 16.04.2020

Ivory Coast
Covid-19 could delay presidential poll

The presidential election scheduled for 31 October could be postponed by between two and six months, President Alassane Ouattara suggested during an April 8 cabinet meeting held via video conference.

Subscribers only Politics 15.04.2020

Morocco
Covid-19: Mohammed VI breaks with African Union, wants others to join him

Against a backdrop of an old rivalry with South Africa over Western Sahara, Rabat is snubbing the African Union's coordinated response to the pandemic and is set to work only with its west African allies.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.04.2020

Ivory Coast
Former Credit Suisse head Tidjane Thiam tests his presidential credentials

Officially, Tidjane Thiam is pursuing his career in finance as if nothing else was happening. After having been forced to resign as chief executive of Crédit Suisse in February, he is set to become a director of the Pinault family's Kering luxury goods group at its next general shareholders' meeting, which has been postponed to June 23.

Subscribers only Politics 08.04.2020

Africa
Covid-19 - a political tsunami for the leaders of francophone Africa?

As African governments take emergency measures to combat the pandemic, several west African leaders find themselves in the firing line of public opinion.

Subscribers only Politics 01.04.2020

Ivory Coast
Political allies desert Alassane Ouattara over his backing for Amadou Gon Coulibaly

After Henri Konan Bédié and Guillaume Soro, Marcel Amon Tanoh, who resigned on 19 March, has become the latest in a long line of former Ouattara allies who have opted to sever ties with the president.

Subscribers only Politics 01.04.2020

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara turns pension funds into sovereign wealth fund

Lacking a state investment fund, the Ivorian government has been investing the reserves of the CNPS and the CGRAE into the domestic economy under the strict supervision of the president's office.

Free access Business 01.04.2020

Ivory Coast
Algest to resurrect Conseil de l'Entente with new headquarters

Founded in 1959 by the ex-Ivorian president Félix Houphouët-Boigny, the [...]

Subscribers only Business 01.04.2020

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara keen to remain at helm of RHDP

Though the Ivorian president has now officially confirmed that he will not stand for a third term, he plans to stay on as RHDP chairman.

Subscribers only Politics 18.03.2020

Ivory Coast
Rothschild's presidential visit

On 6 March, a delegation from Rothschild & Cie led [...]

Subscribers only Finance, Business 18.03.2020

Djibouti
Who is behind IB Bank-Djibouti?

The Burkinabe magnate Mahamadou Bonkoungou is seeking to establish with the Djiboutian president Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) the same close [...]

Subscribers only Finance, Business 13.03.2020

West Africa
Qatar Charity, the emirate's influence vehicle

The NGO Qatar Charity recently obtained accreditation to operate in Ivory Coast - the first stage of the emirate in its deployment across francophone Africa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.03.2020

Ivory Coast
Nicolas Sarkozy receives red carpet treatment on business diplomacy mission

Ivorian officials have been treating Nicolas Sarkozy's private trip to Abidjan like a state visit. When he landed in the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 21.02.2020

Ivory Coast
Maurice Bandaman Ivory Coast's new ambassador in France

After intense discussions, Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has decided to appoint Maurice Bandaman as Ivory Coast's new ambassdor in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.02.2020

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Guillaume Soro aims to put Alassane Ouattara under greater international pressure

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The businessman Amadou Gon Coulibaly chose to buy masks in China

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Marc Gentilini, Alassane Ouattara's discreet Covid-19 advisor

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Alassane Ouattara

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Ivory Coast Guillaume Soro aims to put Alassane Ouattara under greater international pressure

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Ivory Coast
Convalescent Gon Coulibaly still RHDP's only presidential candidate

Ivory Coast
Gon Coulibaly's departure for medical treatment in Paris has upset Alassane Ouattara's presidential election campaign

Ivory Coast
Guillaume Soro aims to put Alassane Ouattara under greater international pressure

Ivory Coast
Government's favourite banker Youssouf Fadiga to manage FCFA 520bn Covid-19 allocation

Ivory Coast
The businessman Amadou Gon Coulibaly chose to buy masks in China

Ivory Coast
Marc Gentilini, Alassane Ouattara's discreet Covid-19 advisor

West Africa
African bankers Thiam, Kaberuka, Onkojo-Iwelea reinvent themselves as debt reduction crusaders

Ivory Coast
Covid-19 could delay presidential poll

Morocco
Covid-19: Mohammed VI breaks with African Union, wants others to join him

Ivory Coast
Former Credit Suisse head Tidjane Thiam tests his presidential credentials

Africa
Covid-19 - a political tsunami for the leaders of francophone Africa?

Ivory Coast
Political allies desert Alassane Ouattara over his backing for Amadou Gon Coulibaly

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara turns pension funds into sovereign wealth fund

Ivory Coast
Algest to resurrect Conseil de l'Entente with new headquarters

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara keen to remain at helm of RHDP

Ivory Coast
Rothschild's presidential visit

Djibouti
Who is behind IB Bank-Djibouti?

West Africa
Qatar Charity, the emirate's influence vehicle

Ivory Coast
Nicolas Sarkozy receives red carpet treatment on business diplomacy mission

Ivory Coast
Maurice Bandaman Ivory Coast's new ambassador in France