Monrovia — The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Samuel Tweah, is not a signatory to the LISGIS’ Census Account with Ecobank, neither did he transfer any money from LISGIS’ account to a private account in Cote d’Ivoire, Ecobank Liberia has clarified. The clarification from the bank comes amid an allegation from dismissed Deputy Director […]
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The world’s French-speaking countries gathered in Tunisia on Saturday for talks focused on economic cooperation, more than a year after President Kais Saied began an internationally criticised power grab. The two-day meeting and an associated economic forum will officially focus on technology and development, but it is also an opportunity for Western and African leaders […]
The authorities in Côte d’Ivoire have announced a gradual withdrawal of Ivorian troops from the United Nations peacekeeping force in Mali. The last Ivorian soldiers will leave by August 2023. “By order of the government of Côte d’Ivoire, the permanent mission confirms the progressive withdrawal of Ivorian military personnel and police deployed with MINUSMA,” according […]
The President of the African Development Bank Group, (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, has said from the virtual Africa Investment Forum held in March this year, the bank secured $15.6 billion in investment interest for the construction of the Lagos-Abidjan Highway. Adesina, who stated this yesterday at the ongoing Africa Investment Forum 2022, in Abidjan, Cote […]
Global chocolate industry valued at more than $100 billion per year, top cocoa producers make only 6 percent Brussels boycott: Top cocoa producers, Ghana and Ivory Coast, have boycotted a major industry meeting that was to be held in Brussels. The two top cocoa producers are at loggerheads with multinational chocolate conglomerates decrying what they […]
Accra — The world’s top cocoa producers, Ghana and Ivory Coast, are boycotting meetings in Brussels this week of the World Cocoa Foundation on cocoa sustainability. Authorities in the two West African countries accuse multinational chocolate companies and traders of blocking measures to improve cocoa farmers’ incomes. Ghana and Ivory Coast account for about two-thirds […]
Tangier — A medium-term roadmap has been developed to boost co-production and film production between Morocco and Cote d’Ivoire, Acting Director of the Moroccan Film Center (CCM), Khalid Saidi, said on Friday in Tangier. In a statement to MAP on the occasion of the closing of the 4th edition of the Ivorian film week in […]
Flights in and out of airports in a number of countries in West and Central Africa have ground to a halt after air traffic controllers defied a ban and launched a “wildcat strike” on Friday to demand better working conditions. The Union of Staff at the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar […]
Cape Town — Bamako has responded to Abidjan’s call for the Economic Community of West African States to get involved in the row between Cote d’Ivoire and Mali concerning Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali. Abidjan recently requested a quick meeting of the sub-regional body, while the Malian junta has made known its inflexible position through […]
Bamako — Mali’s military government has called Ivory Coast’s request for a regional meeting on Ivorian troops detained in Mali since July “intimidation” and “blackmail.” Ivory Coast accuses Mali of holding its troops hostage. The Mali government’s official statement says that it is “in no way concerned by” Ivory Coast’s request to hold a meeting […]
The National Security Council (CNS) held an an extraordinary meeting in Abidjan, chaired by President Alassane Ouattara on September 14, 2022. The meeting agenda centred on the detention of 46 Cote d’ Ivorian soldiers in Mali. The CNS slammed as unacceptable blackmail, the request for the extradition of certain Mali citizens in exile in Côte […]
Tension between Mali and Côte d’Ivoire has flared up again after Bamako demanded that Malian politicians in exile in Côte d’Ivoire be handed over to Malian authorities. This in exchange for the release of Ivorian soldiers held in custody since July. Côte d’Ivoire is struggling to understand the change in Mali’s position following a communique […]
Three women among the 49 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali have been released. The women arrived home late on Saturday about seven weeks after their arrests sparked a diplomatic spat between military-ruled Mali and the Ivory Coast. Mali said the group – who were detained at the airport in the Malian capital, Bamako, on July […]
In the modern age, mobile phones are life partners and tools for literacy and positive socioeconomic progress. Expanding local language accessibility is essential in reducing the rural-urban differential, a gap that an Ivory Coast entrepreneur is determined to close. The impact of mobile technology cannot be understated. It has enhanced job prospects and microeconomics and […]
The Movement of Capable Generation (MGC), a coalition of supporters of Simone Gbagbo, has been transformed into a political party. The former first lady Simone Gbagbo was elected president, with 100% of the votes. The MGC, a social-democratic party will aim to participate in the next elections. “When an organization declares itself a party, it […]
On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I warmly wish the Ivoirian people a happy 62nd National Day. On this celebratory occasion, we reaffirm our enduring partnership and friendship with the people and government of Côte d’Ivoire. I look forward to further strengthening the close cooperation between our governments and peoples […]
A contingent from the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) has arrived in the Ivorian City of Yamoussoukro to participate in the country’s National Day celebrations. Ivory Coast is expected to observe its 62nd Independence Celebrations on August 7, 2022. A Defense Ministry press release issued in Monrovia Thursday, 4 August 2022 says the delegation is […]
The UN’s peacekeeping mission in Mali has acknowledged there were “dysfunctions” that preceded a row with the Malian authorities sparked by the arrival of Ivorian troops at Bamako airport this month. Mali’s military-led government says 49 Ivorian soldiers were detained after landing on a special flight on 10 July without supporting documents and has described […]