In Paris for a state visit nine months after the French and UN helped overthrow his predecessor, Alassane Ouattara rebutts claim he is beholden to Paris. After the transfer of Laurent Gbagbo to the ICC, François Picard asks if more prosecutions will follow.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara and French President Nicolas Sarkozy signed a security deal on Thursday to ensure French forces offer training and equipment to the former colony without interfering in its internal affairs.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara will sign a new security agreement with President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris Thursday in his first state visit to France since French troops helped oust his predecessor in April.
A rally of Ivorian ex-president Laurent Gbagbo's (pictured) party, the Ivorian Popular Front, turned violent on Saturday, with one death and numerous casualties reported. Gbagbo was forced from power in April.
UN tanks were out in force in Ivory Coast's commercial capital ahead of legislative elections Sunday. Officials hope the vote will usher in stability and economic growth after last year's presidential elections plunged the nation into violence.
The party of Ivory Coast's ousted president Laurent Gbagbo is boycotting parliamentary polls that will inevitably hand power to supporters of his successor, Alassane Ouattara, underscoring deep divisions after a bloody post-election conflict.
The run-up to parliamentary elections in the Ivory Coast was marred by a rocket attack Wednesday, which killed three people and seriously wounded three others. The blast rocked the town of Grand-Lahou just days before a Democratic Party rally.
Former Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo appeared Monday at The Hague, where he blamed his arrest on French intervention. Gbagbo faces four counts of crimes against humanity for acts committed by his forces after he lost a 2010 re-election bid.
Former Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo appeared before International Criminal Court judges for the first time on Monday. Gbagbo faces four counts of crimes against humanity for acts committed by his forces after he lost a 2010 re-election bid.
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