Africa: Ivory Coast

Heading for a third term? Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara. By Ludovic MARIN (AFP/File)

I.Coast's Ouattara lashes banned presidential bids as 'provocation'

16 hours ago

Ivory Coast's head of state, Alassane Ouattara, has blasted attempts by two rivals to contest next month's presidential ...

Pascal Affi N'Guessan, centre, is one of three challengers to Alassane Ouattara in the October 31 vote. By SIA KAMBOU (AFP/File)

Second Ivory Coast candidate urges 'civil disobedi...

Sep 23, 2020

Ivory Coast's former prime minister and presidential candidate Pascal Affi N'Guessan on Tuesday joined calls for civil ...

Anger: Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, left, and former rebel leader and ex-premier Guillaume Soro. By MICHAEL KOOREN, Lionel BONAVENTURE (POOL/AFP)

Defiant Soro lashes I.Coast presidential vote

Sep 17, 2020

Former rebel chief Guillaume Soro on Thursday fired a verbal broadside at presidential elections in Ivory Coast next mon ...

In the running: outgoing President Ouattara, former president Bedie, opposition Ivorian Popular Front president N'Guessan and former prime minister Bertin. By SIA KAMBOU, Issouf SANOGO (AFP/File)

Anger flares in Ivory Coast after election candida...

Sep 16, 2020

Opposition figures reacted angrily on Tuesday after Ivory Coast's top court rejected 40 candidates for upcoming presiden ...

I.Coast: Events leading up to Ouattara candidacy

Sep 16, 2020

Over five months, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara made a major U-turn before declaring to his unsettled country ...

The Ivory Coast's constitutional court's president Kone Mamadou (C) cleared President Ouattara's bid for a third term. By SIA KAMBOU (AFP)

I.Coast court clears president's third-term bid as...

Sep 15, 2020

Ivory Coast's top court on Monday cleared the path for President Alassane Ouattara to seek a contentious third term, as ...

Ivory Coast former president Henri Konan Bedie, 86, has been officially nominated as his party's candidate for next month's election. By SIA KAMBOU (AFP)

I.Coast parties nominate former president, ex-PM f...

Sep 14, 2020

Ivory Coast ex-president Henri Konan Bedie and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro were officially nominated on the weeke ...

Laurent Gbagbo has not made any public statement about whether he wishes to run again. By Jerry LAMPEN (ANP/AFP/File)

I.Coast former president, ex-rebel leader, file el...

Sep 1, 2020

Supporters of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro on Monday filed their c ...

I.Coast ex-leader Gbagbo's supporters file his ele...

Aug 31, 2020

Supporters of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, who lives in Belgium after being tried by the International C ...

West African strongman Laurent Gbagbo has not made any public statement about whether he wishes to run again. By Jerry LAMPEN (ANP/AFP/File)

Ivory Coast ex-leader's supporters to file his ele...

Aug 26, 2020

Supporters of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, who lives in Europe after being tried by the International Cr ...

Supporters of I.Coast ex-leader Gbagbo to file his...

Aug 26, 2020

Supporters of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, who lives in Europe after being tried by the International Cr ...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara and his supporters argue that a 2016 constitutional tweak allows him to seek a third. By Ludovic MARIN (AFP/File)

I.Coast president urges peace as he files candidac...

Aug 24, 2020

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara called for peace after clashes that have claimed at least eight lives as he file ...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara was nominated by his party to run for president in October. By Issouf SANOGO (AFP/File)

Two killed in Ivory Coast vote violence

Aug 23, 2020

At least two people were killed in ethnic clashes in Ivory Coast following President Alassane Ouattara's controversial a ...

President Alassane Ouattara's decision to contest a third term in October has triggered outrage among opposition and civil society groups, who labelled it a

Ivory Coast former president, ex-rebel rejected in...

Aug 22, 2020

Ivory Coast election authorities rejected appeals by former President Laurent Gbagbo and former rebel leader Guillaume S ...

Police in Daoukro set up a buffer zone after clashes between ethnic groups sparked by President Alassane Ouattara's decision to run again. By SIA KAMBOU (AFP)

Ivory Coast bars public protests until Sept 15

Aug 20, 2020

Ivory Coast has banned all outdoor protests until September 15, according to a statement Thursday issued after deadly cl ...

Cote D’Ivoire: Police Allow Machete-Wielding Men T...

Aug 18, 2020

According to exclusive testimony obtained by Amnesty International, police officers in Abidjan apparently allowed ...

Ivorian gendarmes guarded a pro-Ouattara district on Saturday. By SIA KAMBOU (AFP)

One dead in fresh I.Coast clashes over president's...

Aug 15, 2020

At least one person was killed in clashes in Ivory Coast on Saturday in the latest violence sparked by President Alassa ...

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