Rudy Guede, the Ivory Coast born drifter, now stands as the only individual found guilty of the murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher, in Perugia, Italy in November 2007. Amanda Knox and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were released on 4 October after an appeals court in Italy overturned their previous murder convictions, which had them [...]
Amnesty International has called for Côte d’Ivoire’s new government to make sure that the compensation paid by Swiss oil-trading corporate group Trafigura reaches the thousands of victims affected by a toxic waste dumping in 2006. The payouts by Trafigura went missing after a group falsely claiming to represent the victims obtained an Ivorian court order [...]
Hundreds of thousands of Ivory Coast’s displaced people are too scared to return home as security forces and a state-backed militia are carrying out ethnically targeted killings and attacks against Gbagbo supporters. The post-election violence, that has left the population unable to leave the relative safety of temporary camps, is being carried out by the [...]
In the latest issue of New Africa Analysis (vol.38 – SA 17) we report on the inauguration in the Ivory Coast of President Alassane Ouattara, following the capture last month of Gbagbo for refusing to cede power. In the four month long conflict thousands of people died in violent clashes and tens of thousands fled [...]
The new president, Alassane Ouattara, in his inaugural speech said he hopes to reunite Ivorians after the ‘the victory of democracy’, and promised parliamentary elections before the end of the year. Ouattara was inaugurated Saturday 21st May 2011 as president following a bloody crisis caused by his predecessor’s refusal to concede election defeat. ‘The time [...]
The ability of Africans to speak for themselves was called into focus again recently when leaders from the African Union, (AU) led by South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma weighed in on attempts to broker a peace deal in Libya. No sooner had it been reported that Muammar Gaddafi had accepted an AU led peace proposal, [...]
In the latest edition of NAA we report on the status and role of the African Union, who have been frustrated in their efforts to deal with the Libyan crisis; the organisation have not been taken seriously. However, it seems hardly surprising that this is the case given their lack of effective action in the [...]
Officials at UN headquarters in New York have been cock-a-hoop about the apparent decisive role the world body’s peacekeepers in Cote d’Ivoire played in swinging the balance of power in favour of Alassane Ouattara in the battle over the presidency of the country. The international community is also exultant, with headlines the world over screaming: [...]
The human rights group, Amnesty International, has reported that supporters of the former President Laurent Gbagbo are at risk from reprisal attacks. The warning comes despite the newly established President, Alassane Outtara, calling on Monday 11th April, for citizens to ‘abstain from all forms of reprisals and violence.’ They are concerned over the deteriorating human [...]
Christian Aid’s West Africa regional emergency manager, Cristina Ruiz has just returned from a humanitarian visit to the West African nation and some of its bordering countries. She spent her time talking to refugees from the now conflict ridden country, across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. She also spoke to citizens of those countries who [...]
