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Laurent Gbagbo, president of Ivory Coast
In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo says he is confident presidential elections will proceed as planned on Nov. 29.
IVORY COAST
Elections will be held by December 6 at latest, promise authorities
The Ivory Coast's envoy to the UN Security Council, Ilahiri Djedje, pledged that his country will hold long-delayed presidential elections by December 6, 2009 at the latest, arguing that the peace process in his troubled country is moving forward.
IVORY COAST
First lady ready to answer on missing journalist
Simone Gbagbo, the wife of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, has agreed to meet the French judge investigating the 2004 disappearance of Franco-Canadian journalist Guy-André Kieffer - as long as the interview takes place in her own country.
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IVORY COAST
Presidential elections to be postponed...again
Set for November 30th, Ivory Coast's presidential elections are likely to be postponed again. There are still twelve million people who need to be registered to vote, and senior politicians doubt it is possible to do so in time.
IVORY COAST
Critical census to be held before November elections
Ivory Coast is set to hold a new general census to update the electoral register, ahead of November's presidential elections - a key step in trying to resolve the crisis that has torn the country in two over the past six years.
IVORY COAST - ELECTION
Ivory Coast's Gbabgo to seek new term in office
Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, in office for the past 8 years, was named Saturday as his party's candidate for the country's November 30 presidential election. Gbabgo will formally announce his candidacy in October, an official said.
BURKINA FASO - IVORY COAST
Gbagbo makes landmark peace-driven visit to Burkina
"I have come to announce peace", Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo told Burkina Faso's lawmakers, during a landmark three-day visit to Ouagadougou signaling warming relations between the two countries.
IVORY COAST - FRANCE
French foreign minister's visit is first since 2003
Bernard Kouchner, the French foreign affairs chief, arrives in the Ivory Coast for a weekend visit, the first visit by a French foreign minister to the country since January 2003. (Report: N.Navarro and A-H.Gnanih)
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Interview with Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo
In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo talks about the next presidential elections, Franco-Ivorian relations and the disappearance of Franco-Canadian journalist Guy-André Kieffer.
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