Ivory Coast

Guillaume Soro was sentenced to life in prison by Abidjan's criminal court. The former president of the National Assembly and 19 of his relatives were charged in particular with trying to undermine state authority and conspiracy, spread false news and disrupt public order. 14 defendants were in the box. The others, including Guillaume Soro, were tried in absentia. The court followed the prosecutor's…

Laurent Gbagbo is filing for divorce. According to a press release signed by one of his lawyers, the former Ivorian president arrested a judge in a marriage case on Monday, June 21, 2021. The consequence, according to him, "of the repeated refusal for several years by Dame Simone Ehivet to agree to a friendly separation". Laurent and Simone Gbagbo married in 1989. She co-founded the Front populaire…

Laurent Gbagbo gave his first official announcement since returning to Côte d'Ivoire last Thursday, 17 June. In a statement, the former president said "to worry about the violence being waged in the country", referring to the clashes the day of his arrival between his supporters who came to welcome him at the airport and the forces in order. Throughout the day, the supporters spread tear gas around…

He had given himself a few days of rest after his return with great fanfare to the Ivory Coast last Thursday. And it is Sunday, June 20, that Laurent Gbagbo has chosen for his first public appearance. The former president created a surprise by attending Sunday Mass at the Cathedral on the Plateau, Abidjan's business district. An excursion that aroused many emotions among the faithful present.…

While Laurent Gbagbo returned to the Ivory Coast on Thursday, June 17, his former co-accused is still on hold. Charles Blé Goudé was acquitted of the same number of crimes against humanity on March 31 by the ICC, but still resides in the Netherlands. But he hopes to soon be able to set foot on Ivorian soil. Charles Blé Goudé…

Ten days after reviving these supraregional units, which have disappeared since 2014, he appointed RHDP barons, most of whom had resigned from the latest government, at the helm. as reported from Abidjan, Pierre PintoThe only woman named "Minister Governor", Hamed Bakayoko's former Minister of Culture, Raymonde Goudou Coffie, is…

What lessons can we learn from youth incidents among authorities and pro-Gbagbo activists? For Séverin Kouamé, professor and researcher at the University of Bouaké, the difficulty of organizing a return without skirmishes is a sign of a climate of persistent tensions between the two camps. According to him, it is necessary to solve the real causes of the crisis of confidence.…

Laurent Gbagbo returned to Côte d'Ivoire on Thursday 17 June after a ten-year absence. A historic day, but also chaotic marked by clashes between young supporters and the police. And if the unrest lasted until late in the evening, the situation recovered on Friday. From our special correspondent in Abidjan,No more traces of…

RFI witnessed the reunion between Laurent Gbagbo and his supporters at a former campaign headquarters in Cocody-Attoban on Thursday, June 17. In front of a crowd that won over his cause, the former president was short in his speech, asking "to mourn" first his "dead" and to speak "later on politics". With our special…

Laurent Gbagbo's return to Côte d'Ivoire on Thursday, June 17, was negotiated step by step by the envoy of the former president and current head of state, Alassane Ouattara. Fahiraman Rodrigue Koné, a sociologist and researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), was in the special edition of RFI. He analyzes how these negotiations can enable a peaceful return for the whole country.…