Ivory Coast, Ghana throw down gauntlet on cocoa price
Bringakro – The world’s chocolate industry could be in for a turbulent ride as the two biggest cocoa producers... Read more
20 Nov, 2022
West Africa coastal states eye more cooperation over Sahel jihadism
Accra – West African coastal states on Thursday held talks on boosting cooperation against jihadist violence spilling over from... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
Ivory Coast to quit UN peacekeeping mission in Mali
Abidjan – Ivory Coast says it will withdraw from the UN’s peacekeeping operations in troubled Mali, a move coinciding... Read more
16 Nov, 2022
African players in Europe: Resurgent Salah strikes twice
Paris – Two-time African Footballer of the Year Mohamed Salah was back to his predatory best at the weekend,... Read more
7 Nov, 2022
Ivory Coast ‘street general’ Ble Goude to return home after acquittal
Abidjan – The former right-hand man of Ivory Coast’s ex-president Laurent Gbagbo told AFP on Monday that he will... Read more
25 Oct, 2022
Jihadist fears cast shadow on Niger-Benin border
Gaya – Observers of troubled West Africa have long fretted that jihadists who have rampaged across the Sahel are... Read more
18 Oct, 2022
Ivory Coast president sees progress in Mali troop spat
Abidjan – Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Friday hinted at a possible breakthrough in a bitter dispute with... Read more
8 Oct, 2022
West African leaders arrive in Mali to mediate Ivory Coast soldier crisis
Bamako – A high-level mission from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) arrived in Mali on Thursday... Read more
30 Sep, 2022
Mali sets conditions ahead of visit by West African bloc
Bamako – Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop has warned his country will not allow regional heads of state expected... Read more
28 Sep, 2022
France vows ‘full’ support for Ivory Coast in spat with Mali
Abidjan – France on Tuesday offered its “full” support to the Ivory Coast in its bitter spat with Mali over... Read more
28 Sep, 2022
