Cȏte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast jails 32 people for protesting ahead of presidential vote

Abidjan – Just four days before tense presidential elections, an Ivory Coast court on Tuesday sentenced 32 people to... Read more

16 hours ago

Cȏte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast opposition slams protest ban ahead of controversial vote

Abidjan – Ivorian opposition parties and NGOs slammed a ban on political rallies just a week before a controversial... Read more

20 Oct

Cȏte d'Ivoire

Amnesty urges Ivory Coast to ‘stop stifling protests’ ahead of polls

Abidjan – Amnesty International on Thursday called on authorities in Ivory Coast to end a crackdown on opposition protests... Read more

16 Oct

Cȏte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast arrests 13 opposition activists on plotting charges

Abidjan – Ivory Coast has arrested 13 members of the leading opposition movement on plotting charges, their lawyer told... Read more

10 Oct

Cȏte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast bans rallies against opposition leaders’ election exclusion

Abidjan – Ivory Coast’s government on Thursday said it was banning meetings and rallies protesting against the barring of... Read more

3 Oct

Cȏte d'Ivoire

Two Ivory Coast opposition members arrested ahead of polls

Abidjan – Two leading members of the opposition party of Ivory Coast’s ex-president Laurent Gbagbo were arrested Tuesday and... Read more

1 Oct

Cȏte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast denies opposition kidnapping claims ahead of vote

Abidjan – Ivory Coast’s public prosecutor on Thursday denied opposition claims of kidnappings and forced disappearances, after complaints of... Read more

19 Sep

Cȏte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast’s main opposition says will not boycott tense polls

Abidjan – Ivory Coast’s main opposition party said Thursday it had no plans to boycott next month’s presidential election... Read more

12 Sep

Cȏte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast bars two top opposition leaders from presidential vote

Abidjan – Ivory Coast on Monday barred two top opposition leaders, ex-president Laurent Gbagbo and former Credit Suisse CEO... Read more

9 Sep

Burkina Faso

Ivorian govt workers ‘kidnapped’ by Burkina volunteer force: sources

Abidjan – Six Ivorians working for a government refugee office have been “kidnapped” and taken over the border by... Read more

28 Aug