President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to host President Alassane Ouattara of the Federal Republic of Côte d’Ivoire on an official State visit on Friday. This will be a reciprocal visit by President Ouattara following President Ramaphosa’s visit to the West African country in December last year. The Presidency said during the visit, the two countries […]
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Ivory Coast’s National Security Council on Tuesday called on the Malian authorities to immediately release 49 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali. Mali’s military government said on Monday that its forces had captured 49 soldiers who had come into the country from the neighboring Ivory Coast with the intent to stage a coup. Terming the soldiers […]
Malian authorities have arrested 49 soldiers from Cote d’Ivoire, describing them as mercenaries who were planning to stop the protection and reform of the country. Two planes arrived at Mali’s international airport Sunday with the 49 soldiers and “their weapons and ammunition of war, as well as other military equipment,” Malian government spokesperson Abdoulaye Maiga […]
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Africa Cup of Nations Postponed to 2024
African football bosses have announced a rescheduling of the next Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire. The continent’s most prestigious national team tournament was due to take place between June and July in 2023. Instead it will begin in January 2024 and culminate in February. Organisers meeting at the 2022 women’s Cup of Nations […]
The Côte d’Ivoire government, host countries, and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) have signed a repatriation agreement to offer passports to Ivorian refugees around the world in an effort to encourage reintegration. “It’s wonderful to return home, because first of all, I am growing old here,” Samuel, an Ivorian, told correspondent Peter Dogbé […]
Washington, DC — Jessica Davis Ba, a career diplomat with extensive Africa experience, has been selected by President Biden to be the U.S. ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire. Formerly known as Ivory Coast, the country has a population of 27 million and is the largest economy in Francophone Africa and the third largest in West Africa, […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has stated that an additional €3.5m (N1.5trn) has been provided for the feasibility study of the Abidjan-Lagos super highway. It therefore urged five countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that the road would pass through to order the consultants to get to work and finish up […]
Cote d’Ivoire’s premium chocolate maker Axel Emmanuel Gbaou saw a major problem in the country’s cocoa industry – the farmers live in poverty, their wives were not involved and so farmers’ children weren’t going to school. He set about revolutionising the sector. Gbaou speaks with passion about his company, Le Chocolatier Ivorien (the Ivorian Chocolate […]
Abidjan — World leaders, environmentalists, civil societies, and professionals from across the world are gathered in Abidjan, Code d’Ivoire for the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). This year’s conference is held under the theme, “Land. Life. Legacy: From scarcity to prosperity.” The […]
Mr Buhari will join other world leaders at Sofitel Hotel, Abidjan, for the 15th session of the COP15 of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, with the theme, “Land. Life. Legacy: From scarcity to prosperity.” President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday leave for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, to attend the 15th session of the Conference of […]
Cape Town — Cote d’Ivoire has a new vice president in Koné Tiémoko Meyliet, who was sworn in on April 20, 2022, at the presidential palace in Abidjan-Plateau, before the Constitutional Council. Meyliet expressed his gratitude towards President Alassane Ouattara, for entrusting him with the position, saying, “I would like to express to you my […]
Buutuo — Jealian Didier fled his native Côte d’Ivoire after fighting broke out nearly 20 years ago. The 46-year-old father of five is among some 200 refugees finally returning from northern Liberia, where they’ve lived since 2003. Others, however, prefer to remain in their adopted homeland. “I feel relieved. I am happy to return with […]
In an unexpected announcement, Prime Minister Patrick Achi and his Cabinet have tendered their resignation. The leader of Ivory Coast’s government had held the job for a little over a year. Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced on Wednesday that the country’s prime minister, Patrick Achi, had submitted his resignation. Ouattara made the announcement at […]
The country’s former president, Blaise Compaoré, has been sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday for his participation in the assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, killed with twelve of his companions during a coup d’etat in 1987. He was sentenced in absentia. The Ouagadougou military court also sentenced the commander of its guard, Hyacinthe Kafando, […]
Every country, including our own, experiences risks and challenges related to stability and conflict. The international community grapples with issues that cut across borders, societies, ways of life, and economies. As the world has witnessed too often, the effects of conflict and instability are not constrained by borders or technologies. Cooperation and long-term investments in […]
The 2022 edition of the AFRICA CEO FORUM, the largest annual event dedicated to private sector development in Africa, will be held on June 13-14, 2022, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. At a time when the world is recovering and rebuilding from COVID-19, and 10 years after its first edition, the event will focus on proposing new […]
In countries where more than one language is spoken, education systems are challenged with choosing which language to use in schools. Learning in a new language is an especially difficult task for a child. Instead, learning in a language a child already speaks may better support schooling and literacy outcomes. A common approach in multilingual […]
Abidjan, Ivory Coast — While much of the world is focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, analysts warn that nations should not ignore Islamist militants, who are increasing attacks in Africa’s Sahel region and spreading to West Africa’s coastal states. Since 2020, terror groups linked to Islamic State and al-Qaida have carried out attacks against […]