Democracy Digest » Ivory Coast http://www.demdigest.net/blog News and analysis on democracy assistance and promotion Fri, 24 May 2013 21:17:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Ivory Coast warlords linked to ruling party plundering exports, says UN http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/04/ivory-coast-warlords-linked-to-ruling-party-plundering-exports-says-un/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/04/ivory-coast-warlords-linked-to-ruling-party-plundering-exports-says-un/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:48:02 +0000 Demdigest http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=20292 “Warlord-style military commanders integrated into the government of the world’s top producer of cocoa Ivory Coast are making millions of dollars by plundering exports of cocoa beans and other resources, according to a report conducted by United Nations experts,” The …

]]> http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/04/ivory-coast-warlords-linked-to-ruling-party-plundering-exports-says-un/feed/ 0 Democracy in decline, autocrats on the offensive http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/01/democracy-in-decline-autocrats-on-the-offensive/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/01/democracy-in-decline-autocrats-on-the-offensive/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:37:36 +0000 Demdigest http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=18674 Newly emerging popular movements for reform were the driving force behind the Middle East’s major gains in democratic rights last year, according to Freedom in the World 2013, Freedom House’s annual report. But other regions experienced setbacks due to …

]]> http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/01/democracy-in-decline-autocrats-on-the-offensive/feed/ 0 Is an Alawite state Assad’s ‘Plan B’? http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/01/is-an-alawite-state-assads-plan-b/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/01/is-an-alawite-state-assads-plan-b/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:22:38 +0000 Demdigest http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=18544 Over the course of the Syrian civil war, there has been much speculation as to what the Assad regime’s endgame plan might be. In this context has come the notion of establishing something along the lines of the “Alawite …

]]> http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2013/01/is-an-alawite-state-assads-plan-b/feed/ 0 The Regional Dimension of Human Security in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2012/11/the-regional-dimension-of-human-security-in-cote-divoire-guinea-liberia-and-sierra-leone/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2012/11/the-regional-dimension-of-human-security-in-cote-divoire-guinea-liberia-and-sierra-leone/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:18:19 +0000 Demdigest http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=17956 For the first time in recent years, the members of the Mano River Union—Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone—are free from war. However, as efforts to consolidate their fragile democracies are being made, all members face significant challenges to …

]]> http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2012/11/the-regional-dimension-of-human-security-in-cote-divoire-guinea-liberia-and-sierra-leone/feed/ 0 Engage civil society to protect ‘tenuous transitions’ in Guinea and Niger http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2011/08/engage-civil-society-to-protect-tenuous-transitions-in-guinea-and-niger/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2011/08/engage-civil-society-to-protect-tenuous-transitions-in-guinea-and-niger/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:10:55 +0000 Dominique Dieudonné http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=11822 The presidents of four Francophone West African states visited Washington recently, earning plaudits from the Obama administration. The four included newly elected leaders Alpha Condé of Guinea, Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire and Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger, alongside president Boni …

]]> http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2011/08/engage-civil-society-to-protect-tenuous-transitions-in-guinea-and-niger/feed/ 0 Ivory Coast: focus shifting to post-conflict reconciliation http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2011/04/ivory-coast-focus-shifting-to-post-conflict-reconciliation/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2011/04/ivory-coast-focus-shifting-to-post-conflict-reconciliation/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:49:56 +0000 Demdigest http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=10055 With the imminent demise of Ivory Coast’s incumbent leader, Laurent Gbagbo, all but assured, international attention is shifting to the likely aftermath of the current conflict.

Forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognized winner of October’s presidential election, appear …

]]> http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2011/04/ivory-coast-focus-shifting-to-post-conflict-reconciliation/feed/ 0 Côte d’Ivoire ‘more precarious’ as violence erupts http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2011/02/cote-d%e2%80%99ivoire-more-precarious-as-violence-erupts/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2011/02/cote-d%e2%80%99ivoire-more-precarious-as-violence-erupts/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:20:04 +0000 Demdigest http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=9558 Thousands of residents fled from Abidjan’s Abobo neighborhood today in a bid to escape violent conflict between rival supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo (left) and Alassane Ouattara (below)  who defeated the incumbent in November’s election in the Ivory Coast.…

]]> http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2011/02/cote-d%e2%80%99ivoire-more-precarious-as-violence-erupts/feed/ 0 Ivory Coast: Africa’s latest contested election http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2010/12/ivory-coast-africas-latest-contested-election/ http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2010/12/ivory-coast-africas-latest-contested-election/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:43:37 +0000 Dominique Dieudonné http://www.demdigest.net/blog/?p=8396 The head of the African Union Commission has arrived in the Ivory Coast in an effort to end the current stalemate and prevent a repeat of this week’s violent clashes between rival political factions.

Forces loyal to incumbent president Laurent …

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