Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* DOHA, Qatar, Apr 11, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – Cote d’Ivoire’s Laurent Gbagbo has surrendered to the forces of presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara and is being held by them, the U.N. has said. "The United Nations mission in Cote d’Ivoire has confirmed that former President Laurent Gbagbo [...]
Manufacturing Côte d’Ivoire’s ‘Good Guy’
April 8, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Tendai Marima * LONDON, Apr 8, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – As Côte d’Ivoire’s bloody leadership contest draws to a close and the surrender of Laurent Gbagbo, the incumbent president, seems imminent, a long list of atrocities and electoral irregularities mark the records of both him and [...]
Côte d’Ivoire on the Edge of Chaos
April 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Fulgence Zamblé ABIDJAN, Apr 5, 2011 (IPS) – Forces of law and order have abandoned their posts in Abidjan, creating a vacuum which has rapidly filled with violence, looting and fear. Residents of Côte d’Ivoire’s commercial capital are shut in their homes, doors closed against scenes of [...]
COTE D’IVOIRE: Pro-Ouattara Forces Launch Palace Assault
April 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents * ABIDJAN, Apr 5, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – Heavy fighting is continuing in Abidjan where forces loyal to Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential rivals are battling for control of the country’s main city. Fighters supporting Alassane Ouattara, internationally recognised as Côte d’Ivoire’s legitimate president, launched an assault around [...]
COTE D’IVOIRE: U.S., U.N. Press Gbagbo to Yield
April 1, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Mar 31, 2011 (IPS) – As forces loyal to Ivorian President-elect Alassane Ouattara closed in on Abidjan Thursday, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for the incumbent president, Laurent Gbabgo, to immediately step down. Amid the most [...]
Ouattara Forces Seize Cote d’Ivoire Towns
March 31, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* ABIDJAN, Mar 30, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – Forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognised winner of Cote d’Ivoire’s presidential election, say they have seized control of another two central towns in their advance toward the country’s capital. Captain Leon Alla, a defence spokesman for Ouattara, [...]
COTE D’IVOIRE: Still Stuck in Stalemate
March 11, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Aprille Muscara WASHINGTON, Mar 10, 2011 (IPS) – The past-due leader of this resource-rich African nation remains bent on clinging to power, despite calls by his opposition and the wider international community to leave office immediately. Meanwhile, the country inches closer to civil war, violence against [...]
Ivorian Women Fatally Shot at Rally
March 4, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents – * IPS/AJ ABIDJAN, Mar 4, 2011 (IPS) – Security forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, Cote d’Ivoire’s disputed president, have shot dead at least six women at a demonstration in support of his rival, Alassane Ouattara, witnesses said. Thursday’s shooting took place after several hundred women [...]
Families Trapped in Cote d’Ivoire
March 2, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* ABIDJAN, Mar 2, 2011 (IPS/AJ) – Armed men have blocked some 60 families without food or water from leaving a church in Cote d’Ivoire’s commercial city, the U.N. says. One man who escaped the violence-plagued neighbourhood in Abidjan’s Abobo district described "fleeing the smell of the [...]
Laurent Gbagbo and the Road to Ignominy
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Alemayehu G. Mariam* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint SAN BERNARDINO, USA (IDN) – These are heady days on the African continent. These are days of joy. Africa’s thugdoms are crumbling like clumps of dirt underfoot. These are days of grief and tribulation. After one-half century of independence, Africa continues [...]