The French, The UN and THE IVORY COAST
With the violent overthrow of democratically elected President Gbagbo, Ivory Coast has reverted to its old status of a French colony in fact. The hands of French, Western and UN officials drip with the blood of Ivorians. By: Dr. Gary K. Busch* President Ouattara has been forced by the need to hold some form of plebiscite to demonstrate that his More...
Ivory Coast:-Government vows to wrap up Abidjan stampede probe this week
The Ivorian government on Wednesday promised that an investigation into the circumstances of a New Year stampede that left at least 63 people dead would be wrapped up by the end of the week. The official death More...
European Union chief pledges help for Abidjan
By: Selay Marius Kouassi and Eszter Farkas Abidjan – European Union Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso pledged 115-million euros in support to Ivory Coast during a visit to the West African country More...
IVORY COAST: Understanding the present Conflict
OPINION By: Toure Moussa Zeguen There are many understandings of the real causes of the war that has been raging in Cote d’Ivoire since 19 September 2002. Some have made arguments of xenophobia against More...
A Ghanaian judge on Thursday denied bail for the spokesman for Ivory Coast’s ex-leader Laurent Gbagbo and set an extradition case for him for next week following his arrest.
“While declining bail, I’ll urge the prosecution to expedite the extradition processes by filing the requisite documents by Thursday, 13th September,” magistrate court judge Aboagye Tandoh More...
Gunmen in predawn raid on Ivory Coast army camp
ABIDJAN — Gunmen killed five soldiers and seized weapons in a predawn raid on an army camp in Côte d’Ivoire’s commercial capital, Abidjan, on Monday, military officials said, heightening fears of renewed More...
Ivory Coast has paid 29 billion CFA francs into a reserve fund to guard against price fluctuations as it implements a sweeping reform of its cocoa sector
Ivory Coast has paid 29 billion CFA francs into a reserve fund to guard against price fluctuations as it implements a sweeping reform of its cocoa sector,a government spokesman said on Wednesday. Cocoa pods More...
Ivory Coast plans to spend over $20bn through 2015 on a sweeping development programme aimed at boosting growth and reversing a decade of economic decline.
The world’s top cocoa producer, once the motor for economic growth in West Africa, has seen a decade of stagnation as a political crisis split the country between northern rebels and government loyalists More...
In Ivory Coast, Nine jailed for ‘Female Circumcision’
Nine women have been sentenced to jail terms for the female circumcision of around 30 young girls, in what the UN said was the first criminal prosecution of its kind in Ivory Coast. A woman who performs genital More...
Didier Drogba confirms move to China
BEIJING — Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba ended weeks of speculation about his future Wednesday by following his former Chelsea teammate Nicolas Anelka in making a lucrative move to big-spending Chinese More...