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Al Jazeera on MSN11d
Why did rumours of a coup sweep Ivory Coast this week?
After returning to Ivory Coast in 2022, Thiam re-entered politics and rejoined the Democratic Party (PDCI), the former ...
Fact Check: Ivory Coast soccer celebration video miscaptioned as scenes from ‘coup’
Social media users shared video of Ivorian soccer fans celebrating in the street after a 2024 Africa Cup victory with ...
Council on Foreign Relations7d
Political Tension in Côte d'Ivoire
The fact that such political unrest seemed remotely plausible to many should give that same government pause. As the country ...
The Canadian Press on MSN4h
Ivory Coast opposition leader Thiam is excluded from the list of presidential candidates
Ivory Coast 's main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam, a former CEO of Credit Suisse, has been excluded from the final list of ...
KahawaTungu14d
Ivory Coast army says uncovers coup plot
War-divided Ivory Coast’s armed forces said on Tuesday they had evidence a group of soldiers and civilians were plotting to ...
The New York Times1y
Henri Konan Bédié, Ivory Coast President Deposed in a Coup, Dies at 89
By Clay Risen Henri Konan Bédié, who served as president of Ivory Coast from 1993 until being deposed in a coup in 1999 ... especially after rumors arose that his mother had been born in ...
The Washington Post24y
Ivory Coast Security Forces Defeat Coup Attempt
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast ... rumors of an attempted comeback by Gen. Robert Guei, who headed a military government before being defeated in presidential elections in October. The turmoil began with a ...
Tulsa World22y
Rebels retrench after coup fails
Ivory Coast, a former French colony ... often had been at the heart of coup rumors in the troubled country.