Cȏte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast AFCON triumph ‘more than a fairytale’ for coach Fae Abidjan – Ivory Coast coach Emerse Fae toasted his team of “miracle survivors” after the host country completed one... Read more 12 Feb
Business Blinken builds US ties with Africa west coast as Sahel concerns grow Abidjan – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday opens a week-long tour of Africa’s west coast as... Read more 22 Jan
Cȏte d'Ivoire 46 Ivorian soldiers return home after Mali pardon Bamako – Forty-six Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali since July arrived home late Saturday, according to an AFP reporter... Read more 8 Jan, 2023
Cȏte d'Ivoire Mali court sentences 46 Ivorian soldiers to 20 years in prison Bamako – A court in Mali has sentenced 46 Ivorian troops whose detention in Mali sparked a diplomatic row... Read more 31 Dec, 2022
Cȏte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast’s ‘street general’ Ble Goude returns after acquittal Abidjan – Charles Ble Goude, a key figure in post-electoral violence in Ivory Coast 11 years ago, returned to... Read more 27 Nov, 2022
Cȏte d'Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo plays the longer game in Ivory Coast’s political poker Abidjan – A year ago, former president Laurent Gbagbo returned to his native Ivory Coast after being acquitted abroad... Read more 17 Jun, 2022
Cȏte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast arrests 30 in cocaine swoop Abidjan – Police in Ivory Coast have arrested around 30 people after making a massive cocaine haul in two port... Read more 10 Jun, 2022
Cȏte d'Ivoire UN talks to tackle degraded land ’emergency’ begin Abidjan – The UN talks to tackle desertification and land degradation that have devastated large swathes of Africa began... Read more 10 May, 2022
Cȏte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast’s Ouattara keeps tight grip on reins after reshuffle Abidjan – Ivory Coast’s 80-year-old president, Alassane Ouattara, has given no sign of wanting to hand over the reins... Read more 27 Apr, 2022
Business Wings of a dream: Ivory Coast tycoon sees new life for wrecked planes Songon – “That one’s a DC-10, next to it you have a Fokker 28, over there are Boeing 737s…”... Read more 24 Apr, 2022