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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Cote d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo held discussions on Wednesday with the special representative of the United Nations secretary general to the country, Choi Joung-jin,on the electoral process in the run-up to the long-awaited polls. The talks were notable three days after the start of the voter list check to make sure no problems remain before the presidential elections, which have been repeatedly...
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FP Passport (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
No Afghan run-off as Karzai declared winner Top Story: The Afghan Election Commission canceled a run-off election and declared Hamid Karzai, the presidential incumbent, the winner. The announcement came after his main rival, Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, dropped out on Sunday, saying the election would not be free or fair -- although he and Karzai were in power-sharing talks at the time. The...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Ivory Coast's long-awaited presidential election will not be taking place next month as scheduled, the website of President Laurent Gbagbo has announced, signalling the latest in a string of postponements that have stretched over the past five years.
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IOL (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo is certain that the November election will proceed smoothly, but a United Nations officials is less certain.
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France24 (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Drawing up a voter list has been a sensitive issue in the Ivory Coast. With the electoral commission delivering a provisional list to President Laurent Gbagbo this week, the country looks closer to conducting its long-delayed, long-promised polls.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
A ten member delegation of the Ghana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has left Accra for Cote d'Ivoire to participate in the third Edition of the Africa Table Tennis Federation's (ATTF) Laurent Gbagbo Table Tennis Championship.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
Cote d'Ivoire is a country that has been divided in two since a coup attempt that spiralled into a rebel uprising against President Laurent Gbagbo in 2002.
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IOL (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has poured cold water on suggestions that the November 29 election will be delayed.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
The remarkable feat chalked by Ghana's junior table tennis team at the just-ended Laurent Gbagbo championship has stirred the Ag. Chief Executive of NSC, Mr. Worlanyo Agrah, and has showered copious praise on the triumphant team .
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
Ghana's National Table Tennis youth team, comprising four young boys and a girl, won a historic 4 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals at the African Table Tennis Federation Zone III (Laurent Gbagbo) Table Tennis Championship, held in Abidjan, La Cote d'Ivoire, from July 22 to 26, 2009.
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France24 (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
The Security Council has agreed to extend the mandate of French-backed UN troops in the Ivory Coast to support elections on November 29. Elections have been delayed several times since President Laurent Gbagbo's mandate ran out in 2005.
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
The inhabitants of Samatiguila (940 km north-west of Abidjan) where President Laurent Gbagbo hosted a meeting on Wednesday, have appealed for their Mosque to be listed on the World Heritage list of UNESCO. The spokesperson for the inhabitants, Ibrahim Diaby said the city was a flagship for Islamic teaching in Africa. “That’s why we call on you [...]
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France24 (Free subscription) | 03/17/2009
Simone Gbagbo, the wife of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, has agreed to meet the French judge investigating the 2004 disappearance of Franco-Canadian journalist Guy-André Kieffer - as long as the interview takes place in her own country.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 01/22/2009
Cote d'Ivoire's President Laurent Gbagbo on Wednesday urged his newly inaugurated U.S. counterpart Barack Obama to "appease the situation in the world." "I wish on my part that President Obama appease the situation in the world," Gbagbo said at a traditional ceremony to mark the New Year at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan. "We should have discussions instead of battle,"...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
The Angolan head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos Monday here discussed with the special envoy of his Ivorian counterpart, Laurent Gbagbo, the situation in the West African country.