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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 ...
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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 ...
Fact Check: Months-old Ivory Coast shopping mall fire clip falsely portrayed as May 'coup'
A video of an Ivorian shopping centre engulfed in flames in February was shared on social media on May 21 with the baseless ...
Ivory Coast opposition leader Thiam is excluded from the list of presidential candidates
Ivory Coast’s main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam has been excluded from the country’s final list of presidential candidates ...
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Burkina Faso foils coup, blames Ivory Coast
“The brains outside the country are all located in Ivory Coast”, he added, naming in particular two former army officers, Major Joanny Compaore and Lieutenant Abdramane Barry. A dozen military ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Ivory Coast opposition leader Thiam excluded from October's presidential ballot list
Tidjane Thiam, a former CEO of Credit Suisse and the main opposition leader in Ivory Coast, has been excluded from the country’s final list of presidential candidates ...