Ivory Coast Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish

Who will shelter Mengistu after Mugabe’s gone?

Jean-Jacques Cornish — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 22:00:00 +0000

When the political smoke clears in Zimbabwe, the country’s new leaders will have to decide what to do with an Ethiopian dictator being protected by Robert Mugabe.

Mengistu Haile Mariam, who presided over the deaths of thousands in Ethiopia’s Red Terror, is but one of many ousted African leaders sheltering in exile.

Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh is the latest Africa ejected by his country.

He’s been taken in by Equatorial Guinea.

Blaize Campaore is in Ivory Coast after Burkina Faso had enough of his 27-year rule.

Charles Taylor of Liberia and Hissen Habre of Chad are both serving lengthy prison sentences.

Mobutu Sese Seko of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda’s Idi Amin both died in exile after being deposed.

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Indian premier Narendra Modi start his four-nation safari in Mozambique

Jean-Jacques Cornish — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 22:00:00 +0000

Indian premier Narendra Modi lands in Mozambique tomorrow at the start of a four-nation safari.

It’s his first visit as Indian leader to the African mainland.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in South Africa on Thursday with the issues of energy, food security, trade, maritime cooperation and diaspora interactions high on his agenda.

His safari is the third segment of India’s high-level engagement with Africa this year.

Vice President Hamid Ansari visited Morocco and Tunisia and President Pranab Mukherjee’s called on Ghana, Ivory Coast and Namibia.

Modi will hold bilateral talks with his counterparts in Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya.

At each stop he’ll meet representatives of the Indian community – numbering a total of around 2,7 million in the four countries he’s visiting.

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Two terror attacks back home as Turkey’s president ends African safari

Jean-Jacques Cornish — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 22:00:00 +0000

Turkey’s President has ended his four-nation African safari signing multiple deals in Guinea on defence, health and energy.

The Turkish leader flies home after police gunned down two women members of a banned ultra-leftist party who had hurled grenades and opened fire at an Istanbul police station.

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In Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Guinea this week, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been accompanied by some 230 businessmen.

In Abuja yesterday he offered assistance in fighting the terrorism that plagues both countries.

Two terror attacks only hours later underlined the grim reality of his words.

The Revolutionary People’s Party Front that claims responsibility for the Istanbul assault has carried out similar operation in and around Turkey’s commercial capital.

Two police officers have been killed in a car bomb attack by Kurdish militants in south-eastern Turkey.

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