From left to right, U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Stephanie S. Sullivan, U.S. Special Envoy to Sahel, Dr. J. Peter Pham, UK Minister for Africa at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, James Duddridge in Ghana capital city Accra Jan. 07, 2021. (source: drjphamtwitter.com) By Gary
Credit: Wikipedia / Monsieur Pascal Affi N’Guessan, du Front Populaire Ivoirien DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The Ivory Coast government released prominent political opposition leader Pascal Affi N’Guessan Wednesday after he had been arrested and detained following the October 31 presidential elections in the West African nation,
(credit: twitter.com/presidenceci) Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Alassane Ouattara has been sworn in office Monday for a controversial third term as the president of West African nation Ivory Coast. Ouattara was re-elected president October 31. The main opposition
President Alassane Ouattara during a meeting with Henri Konan Bédié to initiate a post-election dialogue in Abidjan, Ivory Coast November 11, 2020 (twitter.com/AOuattara) By Sara Abraham and Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES ABIDJAN – Côte d’Ivoire – Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara and rival
Credit: africa-me.com / Former rebel leader Guillaume, who was blocked from running in the Ivory Coast presidential polls, is in political exile in Europe. By Gary Raynaldo and Sara Abraham DIPLOMATIC TIMES ABIDJAN – Côte d’Ivoire – Exiled former Ivory Coast Prime Minister Guillaume Soro
Credit: Sara Abraham / ©Diplomatic Times / Nov. 4, 2020. Ivorians in commercial city Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire after President Alassane Ouattara wins bid for third term. By Sara Abraham DIPLOMATIC TIMES ABIDJAN – Côte d’Ivoire – France is calling for political dialogue, reconciliation
Credit: Sara Abraham / ©Diplomatic Times / Nov. 4, 2020. Life goes on in bustling market in Adjamé section of commercial city Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire after President Alassane Ouattara wins bid for third term. By Sara Abraham DIPLOMATIC TIMES ABIDJAN – Côte
Credit: ©ICC/CPI / Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo at International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights called on Abidjan officials to restore former president Laurent Gbagbo to the electoral list of candidates
Former Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan arrives in Bamako Aug. 22, 2020. PHOTO CREDIT: twitter@GEJonathan By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan did not have much luck in regional mediation efforts to broker a deal with junta leaders in the west African