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28 January, 2011 - 16:08

Cartoon of the Week: The president of the Golf Republic

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The presidential elections in Ivory Coast on 28 November 2010 created a political crisis: outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo simply refuses to leave.
President-elect Alassane Ouattara, while waiting for the right opportunity to move into the presidential quarters, is effectively in charge of the Golf Republic: the premises of the Golf Hotel in the capital Abidjan. Where he has all the time in the world to practice his golfing skills.
Our cartoonist this week, Damien Glez thinks those skills might just be the thing Ouattare needs to oust his rival.
Who is Damien Glez?

The Franco-Burkinabese Damien Glez was born in 1967.
In 1991, the state of emergency ends in Burkina Faso. With the "springtime" for the country's press, Glez began his career as a cartoonist for the satirical weekly “Le Journal du Jeudi”, where he is now the delegated director of publication.
In 2001, in association with other cartoonists, he created the monthly Pan-African satirical "Le Marabout”. He also draws for publications on three continents. Cartoonist-columnist, writer and lecturer at the University of Ouagadougou, he is also the author of the comic strip "Divine comedy".
Glez's cartoons are regularly published in Le Journal du Jeudi (Burkina Faso), Vita Non Profit Magazine (Italy), Afronline (Italy), Chorus (France), World Policy Journal (US), Continental (France-Africa), La Mèche (France), Courrier international (France-Africa), Jeune Afrique (France-Africa)…
Damien Glez is a member of the Foundation «Cartooning for peace»
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