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Inner circles | Ivory Coast
New PM Beugré Mambé's extensive foreign and domestic networks

Ivorian prime minister Robert Beugré Mambé. © Luc Gnago/Reuters

One of Alassane Ouattara's most loyal allies took over from Patrick Achi in mid-October. Affable but discreet, the new prime minister has solid networks both at home and abroad, especially in France. [...]

Published on 03/11/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

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Ivory Coast
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Spotlight | Ivory Coast
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President Alassane Ouattara at the 65th anniversary of Ivory Coast's independence in Bouaké, on 7 August 2025.

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Ivory Coast
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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan, on 10 October 2024.

Ivory Coast
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Subscribers only Business 09.01.2025

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Ouattara grapples with disgruntled ex-allies ahead of 2025 presidential poll

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Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2024

Alassane Ouattara attends the parliament congress in Abidjan on 18 June 2024.

Palace Intrigues
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Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara ponders government reshuffle

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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara (right) and his PM Robert Beugré Mambé in Abidjan, 13 February 2024.

Cameroon, Congo, Gabon
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Guillaume Trichard, Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France (GODF) in Paris on 1 September 2023.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara takes back control of country's strategic supervisory bodies

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Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 07.11.2023

Alassane Ouattara shakes hands with the new prime minister, Robert Beugré Mambé, at the new government's first Council of Ministers meeting on 18 October 2023.

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Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Ouattara mulls replacing prime minister in reshuffle

The Ivorian leader got a boost from the results of recent regional and local elections and is now thinking about reshuffling his government as he looks ahead to the presidential poll of 2025. The main issue is whether or not to reappoint Prime Minister Patrick Achi.

Subscribers only Politics 22.09.2023

Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara casts his ballot during the municipal and regional elections, in Abidjan, on 2 September 2023.

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Abidjan puts former Ivorian president's Paris mansion on the market for €150m

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Former Ivorian president Félix Houphouët-Boigny.

Ivory Coast
Secret conversations between Alassane Ouattara and Tidjane Thiam

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Subscribers only Politics 16.05.2022

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara and financier Tidjane Thiam.

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