Sylvain N'Guessan: "Laurent Gbagbo wants to remain the leader of the opposition"

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(illustration) Laurent Gbagbo before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, January 15, 2019. AFP

By: Christophe Boisbouvier Follow

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After nine years of silence, Laurent Gbagbo came out of his silence.

Thursday, October 29, on TV5 Monde, the former president of Côte d'Ivoire urged his successor Alassane Ouattara to negotiate to avoid disaster for the country.

What is Laurent Gbagbo's real political ambition today, who still lives in exile?

Sylvain N'Guessan is a political analyst and director of the Abidjan Strategy Institute, he answers one of our special envoys, Christophe Boisbouvier.

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