Gbagbo is the best-known figure challenging President Ouattara The 'iron lady' aims to fill gap left by candidates ruled out of contest Background includes trade union and opposition activism Received ...

Ivory Coast's Simone Gbagbo, From First Lady to Presidential Challenger By Anait Miridzhanian ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Simone Gbagbo, a former first lady in Ivory Coast who was once wanted by the ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Years after she was holed up in a bunker alongside her then-husband and president who had refused to step down following an election loss, Simone Ehivet Gbagbo is seeking ...

Simone Gbagbo, Ivory Coast’s Iron Lady, Eyes Presidential Palace in Unlikely Comeback Bid ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Years after she was holed up in a bunker alongside her then-husband and president ...

The former first lady is promising to "modernise" Ivory Coast, should she win the election Former Ivory Coast First Lady Simone Gbagbo has gone from hiding in a bunker in an attempt to avoid arrest to ...

Former Ivory Coast First Lady Simone Gbagbo has gone from hiding in a bunker in an attempt to avoid arrest to defiantly announcing she will run for president. In an extraordinary comeback, the ...

The faces of the four challengers confirmed to run against President Alassane Ouattara, in power since 2011 and seeking a fourth term, can be seen beaming from the front pages of major Ivorian ...

Credit: There will be some changes this fall at BPM Sports. Martin Lemay announced on Facebook that he will not be returning to host Le Retour des Sportifs. In a lengthy text of explanation and thanks ...

A historic pairing in Ivorian politics has officially come to an end. Some 50 years of companionship, militancy, imprisonment, and exercise of power. Laurent Gbagbo and Simone Ehivet Gbagbo were ...

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara on Saturday said he had offered a presidential pardon to former President Laurent Gbagbo. "In order to further strengthen social cohesion, I have signed a decree ...