ARTICLES RELATING TO ALASSANE OUATTARA

HRW wants probe into I Coast militia boss

2013-05-22 12:02

HRW has urged Ivory Coast authorities to carry out a "credible investigation" of a militia chief whom rights groups suspect of playing a key role in deadly post election violence in 2011.

I Coast: We're open to probing crimes

2013-04-30 08:43

Ivory Coast's says it is open to investigating top security officials accused by the UN of raking in millions of dollars through "warlord-style predatory economic activities".

Ivorians vote in local polls amid boycott

2013-04-21 11:47

Ivorians are voting in local elections seen as a trial run for a presidential poll in 2015 amid high tensions as the party of former president Laurent Gbagbo boycotted the poll.

I Coast tension alarms president's party

2013-04-18 10:48

The party of Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has voiced concern over growing political tension ahead of local polls meant to cement post-conflict stabilisation.

Ivory Coast exhuming mass graves

2013-04-04 18:03

Ivory Coast has begun exhuming mass graves dug after the 2010 election.

Ghana's Turkson faces criticism abroad

2013-03-07 12:49

Ghana's Peter Turson, one of Africa's two candidates considered eligible to become the next pope, has earned respect as a peacemaker at home, but faces criticism abroad over a controversial video.

Gbagbo lawyer says he is a scapegoat

2013-02-20 21:14

A lawyer for former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has told International Criminal Court judges that prosecutors are making him a "scapegoat" for deadly violence that erupted after 2010 elections.

Africa's candidate for pope 'a peacemaker'

2013-02-13 07:45

Ghana's Peter Turkson, seen by some as Africa's top candidate to become the next pope, has served as a peacemaker and left what his supporters call a lasting impact on his nation's development.

African army chiefs meet on Mali conflict

2013-01-15 16:27

Western African army chiefs have met in Bamako on plans to send African troops to join an offensive against Islamists occupying northern Mali.

IMF: I Coast on track, but could do more

2013-01-09 12:52

Ivory Coast has put its economy on track but could achieve more if it addresses governance challenges, the managing director of the IMF says.

I Coast frees 9 Gbagbo allies on bail

2012-12-21 10:49

Ivory Coast's judiciary has agreed to release on bail nine aides of ousted former president Laurent Gbagbo who had been detained since 2011 in the aftermath of a deadly post-poll crisis.

Sall mediates Ivorian reconciliation bids

2012-12-14 16:01

Senegalese President Macky Sall has met Ivory Coast’s main opposition party in Dakar in a bid to mediate stalled reconciliation efforts after deadly poll violence last year, his office says.

'Military intervention in Mali inevitable'

2012-12-05 09:21

The chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States has spoken in favour of a timely military operation against the Islamic rebels in northern Mali.

Ivorian exiles in Ghana support Gbagbo

2012-11-23 20:04

The Ghana Refugee Board says that nearly 1 000 supporters of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo currently live in Accra.

Ouattara meets pope after dissolving govt

2012-11-16 22:33

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has met with Pope Benedict XVI amid heightened security, two days after he dissolved the government after a falling out between the ruling parties.

Ex-first lady testifies in genocide case

2012-11-14 10:25

Former Ivory Coast first lady Simone Gbagbo has begun testifying in her trial for genocide, embezzlement and other charges, says a judicial source.

Gbagbo fit for trial - ICC

2012-11-02 22:41

Ivory Coast ex-president Laurent Gbagbo is well enough to be tried for crimes against humanity but his health condition may require special measures, the International Criminal Court says.

Ivory Coast, Liberia plan joint forces

2012-10-19 13:10

West African neighbours Ivory Coast and Liberia are set to launch a joint Military operation by the end of the year along their volatile and porous border, the two nations' presidents have announced.

Ghana arrests 43 Ivorian 'ex-combatants'

2012-10-15 19:58

Ghana has arrested 43 Ivorians at a refugee camp who are suspected of previously fighting on behalf of the fallen Ivory Coast government of Laurent Gbagbo.

Ivory Coast to reopen Ghana border

2012-10-08 07:37

Ivory Coast’s land and sea borders with Ghana, closed after a deadly attack in September, are set to reopen, an official says.

Gbagbo's spokesperson gets bail in Ghana

2012-09-25 19:38

A court in Ghana has granted bail to the spokesperson of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, Justin Kone Katinan, as prosecutors were not ready to start extradition proceedings against him.

Ivory Coast police stations 'attacked'

2012-09-21 08:12

Two Ivorian police stations and a paramilitary gendarmerie post have been attacked by armed men in the south of Abidjan, witnesses and security sources say.

3 held in suspected I Coast coup plot

2012-09-18 09:25

Authorities in Ghana have arrested three men for allegedly trying to buy arms for a planned coup in neighbouring Ivory Coast.

ICC says to rule on Gbagbo's fitness

2012-09-12 19:33

The ICC says it will hold a hearing to decide whether fallen Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo is well enough to face charges of crimes against humanity.

Pro-Gbagbo officers to be tried

2012-09-06 09:27

A court in Ivory Coast is set to put on trial about 40 soldiers loyal to the country’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, for their alleged role in the post-election violence in 2010 and 2011.

 

I Coast militia boss arrested

2013-05-19 18:49

A militia chief in Ivory Coast, suspected of taking part in deadly post-election violence in 2011, has been arrested in his western stronghold.

Low turnout for I Coast local polls

2013-04-22 10:43

Ivorians have turned out in low numbers for local elections, seen as a test of stability in the west African nation in a poll boycotted by former president Laurent Gbagbo.

UN urges 'calm' vote in tense Ivory Coast

2013-04-19 22:22

The United Nations has called for local elections in Ivory Coast to take place in a calm atmosphere following skirmishes in the run-up to a vote seen as a test of the nation's stability.

Ivory Coast's Ouattara to rule by decree

2013-04-10 20:34

Ivory Coast's parliament has granted President Alassane Ouattara the power to take decisions concerning the economy by decree this year, giving him a free hand to implement programmes.

Gbagbo's party to boycott elections

2013-03-22 22:10

The party of Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo will boycott elections in April after accusing the government of fixing the date for the polls without proper consultation.

Gbagbo tells ICC he fought for democracy

2013-03-01 08:56

Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo has told the ICC which is weighing whether to charge him with crimes against humanity that he had always been pro-democracy.

I Coast court frees former Gbagbo aide

2013-02-14 16:05

An Ivory Coast court has ordered that the jailed deputy leader of the party of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo be freed but restricted to his home region for one year, a judicial source says.

Ivory Coast - slow justice

2013-01-30 18:57

Ivory Coast's government has displayed a "lack of impartiality" by not pursuing specific perpetrators of 2010-11 post election violence.

30 000 displaced in Mali fighting

2013-01-15 08:59

An estimated 30 000 people may have been displaced by fighting in central and northern Mali since Islamist insurgents suddenly started moving south last week, the UN says.

S Leone rations fuel as shortage bites

2013-01-09 11:30

Scuffles have broken out at service stations in Sierra Leone’s capital after the government restricted fuel deliveries to deal with a shortage threatening to bring the nation to a halt.

Attack on I Coast army checkpoint kills 2

2012-12-17 12:48

Ivory Coast's military says gunmen have attacked an army checkpoint not far from the country’s largest city, killing two soldiers.

Gbagbo hearing urgent - ICC judge

2012-12-11 22:31

A hearing to decide if ex-Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo should go on trial for crimes against humanity, allegedly committed in the west African country, should be held without further delay.

1 000s continue to flee Ivory Coast

2012-11-28 22:34

A monitoring group says thousands of people in Ivory Coast continue to flee their homes because of ongoing land conflicts.

Ivorian army poses dangerous risk – HRW

2012-11-19 11:40

Hundreds of civilians suspected of backing Ivory Coast's former president have been swept up in mass arrest and abused by the army, Human Rights Watch says.

Ivory Coast's Ouattara dissolves govt

2012-11-14 14:40

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has dissolved his government ahead of a planned government reshuffle, the secretary general of the president's office said.

Gbagbo fighters in Ghana refugee camps

2012-11-04 19:19

Gbagbo fighters have infiltrate Ghana refugee camps and launch attacks on security posts says Ivory Coast.

Gbagbo to stay in detention - ICC

2012-10-26 22:25

Appeal judges at the International Criminal Court have turned down former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo's request to be allowed to leave the Netherlands to await trial, saying he posed a flight risk.

Liberian held over I Coast border attack

2012-10-18 16:32

A Liberian accused of organising a deadly attack on UN peacekeepers in Ivory Coast has been arrested in northern Liberia, officials say.

Gbagbo allies 'reached out to Islamists'

2012-10-09 08:58

The UN has accused exiled allies of Ivory Coast’s former leader of trying to recruit Islamist rebels who took control of the northern half of Mali in a campaign to destabilise the West African region.

Ivory Coast trial of soldiers starts

2012-10-02 20:33

The first major trial of soldiers loyal to ousted Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo in connection with crimes during the country's post-election crisis has started.

Seven killed in Ivory Coast attacks

2012-09-21 18:01

At least three people have been killed after armed men attacked three police stations in the south of Abidjan while a clash near the Ghana border left four dead.

Suspension of pro-Gbagbo papers lifted

2012-09-18 12:16

Ivory Coast’s National Press Council says it would temporarily lift the suspension of newspapers seen as close to former president Laurent Gbagbo.

Ex-Elf chief to appear in Togo court

2012-09-17 10:32

The former head of French oil giant Elf, Loik Le Flock-Prigent, is due to appear in a Togolese court after being extradited in a fraud probe, a move condemned by his lawyer.

Bail denied for Gbagbo spokesperson

2012-09-06 16:46

A Ghanaian judge has denied bail for the spokesperson for Ivory Coast's ex-leader Laurent Gbagbo and set an extradition case for him for next week following his arrest in that country.

Ghana declines to free Gbagbo's aide

2012-09-05 14:58

A Ghana court has declined to release the spokesperson for former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo following his arrest in that country.

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