#101: Eric Kacou - "Côte d'Ivoire needs a political settlement"
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What is next after Côte d'Ivoire's elections? President Ouattara was comfortably re-elected; but with the opposition claiming constitutional foul, and ex-Premier Guillaume Soro calling for a mutiny in the army, things are fragile. A wide-ranging conversation with Ivorian development expert Eric Kacou about the pressing need for political dialogue and economic progress in the country and wider region.
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