Innocent Kobena Anaky (born 27 July 1948[1]) is an Ivorian politician and the President of the Movement of the Forces of the Future (MFA), an opposition party.
In November 1988, he participated in the constitutive congress of the opposition Ivorian Popular Front (FPI).
[6] 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.
[9] In a state television broadcast on 18 March 2009, Anaky called for the people to overthrow President Laurent Gbagbo, in emulation of the successful ouster of Madagascar's President Marc Ravalomanana; Anaky was subsequently arrested[10][11] by the Direction of Territorial Surveillance on 20 March.
[11] Following a stampede at a football match in Abidjan on 29 March 2009, in which 29 people were killed, Anaky blamed youth leader Charles Blé Goudé and the ruling FPI for the incident.