Posts Tagged ‘ ivorycoast ’

Update Ivory Coast: Post-Gbagbo

Update Ivory Coast: Post-Gbagbo

April 26, 2011

Just a few weeks ago Pauline was here on the podcast to update us about the violence in Ivory Coast, as Pro-Ouattara (the newly elected president) forces fought against Gbagbo (sitting president who lost the election) forces. As you may recall the danger was so clear and present that...

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ctrp373 A Tale of Two Presidents, Ivory Coast

ctrp373 A Tale of Two Presidents, Ivory Coast

March 31, 2011

Citizenreporter.org's West Africa correspondant isn't too keen on walking the streets of Abidjan these days and she has to watch what she says, as the country is sharply divided by a political standoff. The standoff is between two presidents and their supporters. One the incumbent with his own...

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bm273 Spam Producers and Fishing Rights in West Africa

August 13, 2008

One of my all time favorite guests on the program, Ivory Coast based journalist Pauline Bax, came to visit me in Amsterdam last week. We sat down to talk about her work on the topics of people who work in the spam business in Ivory Coast and the fishing...

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