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The strike included teachers and hospital workers and was just the latest public unrest faced by the Ivory Coast government since the turn of the year. President Alassane…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217707
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The recent relaxation of restrictions has prompted a surge in protests, with pandemic impacts compounding many pre-existing grievances. While matters look set to begin improving…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257742
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It is hobbling the critical hydrocarbon sector through high-profile attacks on oil installations.
The attacks came shortly after President Alassane Ouattara reshuffled his cabinet and overshadowed Ivory Coast's hosting of the 8th francophone games in Abidjan (July 21-30). The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB222413
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He promised the protesters -- who reject him as a member of the ruling establishment -- wholesale reforms, a say in the new cabinet and an end to the security crackdown. This came…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250503
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The ministers agreed that hostile rhetoric on both sides was unhelpful and that dialogue was essential. The phone call is an attempt to salvage a relationship that has gone badly…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264759
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Demonstrations had started in mid-November, when the governor decided to confiscate vehicles that did not conform to regulations in an effort to crack down on criminality…
Regional councils are one of the last institutions provided for in the 1996 constitution yet to be realised and are also meant to give life to the ‘special status’ granted last…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254705
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The concerns are twofold: what North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will do next and how President Yoon Suk-yeol, his tough-talking but inexperienced South Korean counterpart, might…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275434
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Authorities said 50 people had died during the unrest, although OMCT placed that number at 115 due to violent repression. Protesters gathered in Chad’s capital N’Djamena and other…