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Côte d’Ivoire’s PDCI party tries to limit electoral damage after Bédié’s death

For the Parti démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire (Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire, PDCI), the local elections on 2 September came with an added challenge: a month earlier, its emblematic leader Henri ...
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Côte d’Ivoire: 88-yr old Henri Konan Bédié confronts young & discontented PDCI activists

Young activists from the Parti Démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI) are increasingly unhappy with their seniors. “Are activists only there to pay dues and hold meetings? Is the youth only good for ...