Ongoing Tensions Between Abidjan’s Autonomous District and Its Municipalities: Is the CPC Really Dead?

Established in February 2024 to promote dialogue between the Autonomous District of Abidjan and the city’s 13 municipalities, the Permanent Consultation Framework (CPC) now appears to have lost its purpose. Eviction and demolition operations driven by District Governor Cissé Ibrahima Bacongo have prompted objections from local elected officials. In Plateau, Mayor and MP Jacques Gabriel Ehouo denounced a unilateral intervention when the Djé Konan market was demolished in January 2024. In Gesco, Yopougon, Adama Bictogo criticized the human and psychological impact of demolitions and said no operation should take place in his municipality without his authorization.