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Why the EU keeps organising anti-migration propaganda events in Africa.

Fabian Wagner — 2018-10-24T15:11:56Z

On a hot November evening last year [2017], I found myself in the middle of a bizarre, otherworldly scene in the economic capital of the Ivory Coast, Abidjan. On a small stage set up at a local stadium, Ivorian football star Didier Drogba was urging hundreds of local youth to chant, "I promise I won't migrate! I promise I won't migrate! I promise I won't migrate!"

- IV525 - October 2018 / Africa, Migration, Ivory Coast, European Union

Two oligarchic factions tear the country apart

Jean Nanga — 2011-03-19T06:38:00Z

Two “presidents of the Republic", the outgoing Laurent Koudou Gbagbo and his rival Alassane Dramane Ouattara, are tearing Ivory Coast apart. Each of the “presidents” relies on real support at the national level. This internal virtually balanced “legitimacy”, is combined with an external legitimation â€” characteristic of the limited sovereignty of the African post-colonial states â€” by the “international community", which is unbalanced.

- IV434 - March 2011 / Ivory Coast

A â€˜Civil War' that is French and Neo-Colonial

Jean Nanga — 2005-02-07T00:00:00Z

The civil war in Ivory Coast has led to the de facto partition of the country, between the rebellion of the New Forces (FN) and the National Armed Forces of Ivory Coast (FANCI), loyal to President Laurent Gbagbo. It entered a new phase at the beginning of November 2004, when the French army destroyed the FANCI's air force.

- IV364 - February 2005 / Ivory Coast