Mr. Yves Zogbo Junior has been living in exile for three years now. He currently lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a brief stay in Cotonou, Benin. He hastily left Ivory Coast, his home country, after a murder attempt by a mysterious commando at his home during a night. His bodyguard was deadly shot during this evening assault.

For almost two decades, Yves Zogbo Junior has been a TV icon for his  “maestria” and for his high MC qualities.

The announcement of Yves Zogbo Junior’s candidacy for presidential elections sounds like the entrance of an outsider horse in a long and difficult race. At the present time, Yves Zogbo Junior is the advisor of Joseph Kabila, the President of Democratic Republic of Congo. He has been given the responsibility to supervise the “effectiveness of investments”.

When Yves Zogbo Junior was recently asked to elaborate on the reason of his sudden commitment into politics, he declared to a journalist of AFP: “My candidacy campaign for a return to values, a fair management of the resources of the Republic and for the respect of human rights in our country [Ivory Coast]”.

Ex-President Henri Konan Bedie and ex-Prime Minister Allassane Dramane Ouattara have already announced their candidacy for the coming presidential elections. Meantime, in an interview published by the French Newspaper “Le Monde” on Friday 18th April 2008, President Laurent Gbagbo refused to say if he will stand for the presidential elections.

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