Innocent Anaky
Innocent Kobena Anaky (born 27 July 1948
Biography
Anaky was born in
In December 1992, Anaky established his own political party, the Movement of the Forces of the Future. Following the December 1999 coup d'etat, he was arrested. In the
In the midst of a scandal regarding the dumping of toxic waste, he was attacked and beaten by angry residents of Abidjan, who also damaged his car, in mid-September 2006; he was saved by security forces.[7] He was excluded from the government in a cabinet reshuffle at the time of the scandal.[3] Anaky placed blame for the dumping of the toxic waste on port and district authorities.[8]
In early 2009, Anaky said that he did not believe the
Following a stampede at a
References
- ^ a b c Page for Anaky Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine at National Assembly website (in French).
- ^ a b John Rapley, Ivoirien Capitalism: African Entrepreneurs in Côte d'Ivoire (1993), Lynne Rienner Publishers, page 64, note 48.
- ^ a b c d e List of presidential candidates, Ivoire Sondage website (in French).
- ^ Africa Research Bulletin (1991), page 10,311.
- ^ List of MFA deputies, National Assembly website (in French).
- ^ "Côte d'Ivoire: Ministers to meet in rebel capital on Thursday", IRIN, 19 May 2003.
- ^ "Ivorian protesters attack transport minister over toxic waste", Television Ivoirienne, Abidjan, 15 September 2006.
- ^ "Côte d'Ivoire: Toxic dumping health-scare over", IRIN, 28 September 2006.
- ^ "Cote d'Ivoire: Report claims presidential election for 2009 doubtful", L'Inter website, Abidjan, 7 February 2009.
- ^ "Ivory Coast opposition calls for coup", Reuters, 21 March 2009.
- ^ a b "Cote d'Ivoire's MFA quits coalition government", Xinhua, 24 March 2009.
- ^ "Ivorian authorities arrest, release opposition leader over violence", Television Ivoirienne, Abidjan, 22 March 2009.
- ^ "Côte d'Ivoire: American Embassy's National Daily Press Review", United States Embassy in Abidjan, 6 April 2009.