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| Laurent
Gbagbo, president of Ivory Coast (Côte
d’Ivoire),
at a press conference at his official residence the evening before a
banned opposition demonstration, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 24 March
2004 |
Youssouf
Bakayoko, a member of Ivory Coast’s parliament and head of the
Parliamentary Movement for National Reconciliation and Peace, addresses
Albert Tévoédjrè, the special representative of
the secretary general of the United Nations in Ivory Coast. Bakayoko
is handing draft laws offering a political way forward after recent
violence to Tévoédjrè and other representatives
of foreign powers, at the UN headquarters, Abidjan, 29 March
2004
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Albert
Tévoédjrè,
the special representative of the secretary general of the United
Nations in Ivory Coast, receiving proposals for political reform,
in company with other representatives of foreign powers, at UN headquarters,
Abidjan,
29 March 2004
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Libyan
leader Moammar Gadaffi salutes waiting crowds as he disembarks at Sénou
airport, Bamako, Mali, 14 May 2004. Behind him, in camouflage, are his
female “bodyguards”. Gadaffi was in Bamako for a summit meeting of Cen-Sad,
the Libyan-dominated
Community of Sahel-Saharan States
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Moammar
Gadaffi, Bamako,
May 2004
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Malian
president Amadou Toumani Touré – “ATT”, in white hat – Moammar
Gadaffi and one of his female “bodyguards” at Sénou
airport, Bamako, May 2004
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| Moammar
Gadaffi outside the VIP lounge at Sénou
airport, Bamako, May 2004 |
Laurent
Gbagbo, president of Ivory Coast, arrives in Mali for the Cen-Sad
conference, at which Ivory Coast became a member of the organisation
and Gadaffi spoke in support of Gbagbo. Sénou
airport, Bamako, May 2004 |
Moammar
Gadaffi and ATT arrive at the Palais de Congrès, Bamako, May
2004 |