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- Alassane Ouattara - elections - Ivory Coast - Laurent Gbagbo


Ivory Coast stand-off: cutting off Gbagbo's cash supply

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Is Laurent Gbagbo now about to become a bank robber as well? Ivory Coast's strongman is facing a growing cash crunch three months after a presidential election that most of the world agrees he lost. The man most regarded as the winner of the election, Alassane Ouattara, has called for a one-month ban on cocoa and coffee exports, which he hopes to extend. So how long can Gbagbo hold out?

Programme prepared by Aurélien Aeberhard and Pauline Heilmann


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