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Dancers perform during a ceremony marking Ghana's first oil production in Takoradi on December 15, 2010. By PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (AFP/File)

Maritime court backs Ghana in offshore dispute with Ivory Coast

Saturday, September 23, 2017

Hamburg (AFP) - An international maritime tribunal Saturday backed Ghana in a dispute with Ivory Coast over a contested ...

. By EVARISTO SA (AFP)

Chocolate industry driving deforestation of Ivory ...

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Abidjan (AFP) - The chocolate industry is indirectly driving massive and illegal deforestation in Ivory Coast, fuelling ...

Ivory Coast has been shaken by army mutinies, violent protests by former rebels and a spate of attacks on prisons and police stations this year. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP/File)

Gbagbo's allies behind string of Ivory Coast attac...

Friday, September 8, 2017

Abidjan (AFP) - A group of people allied to Ivory Coast's former leader Laurent Gbagbo are behind a wave of recent attac ...

The gangs sprung up in poor areas of the Abobo neighbourhood of Abidjan during the 2002-2011 political-military crisis. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP)

Inside the brutal world of Ivory Coast's 'microbe'...

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Abidjan (AFP) - Vieux-Pere runs his fingers through his patchy hair as he remembers escaping being lynched. The loca ...

TV channels schedule telenovelas to run during the day in Ivory Coast -- aiming to hook not just housewives but women with TVs in their workplaces, such as hairdressers. By Sia KAMBOU (AFP)

Craze for telenovelas grips Ivory Coast

Friday, August 25, 2017

Abidjan (AFP) - With names like Caribbean Flower and Love in Manhattan , international TV soaps aimed at women have b ...

Nearly 30 million litres of beer is consumed annually in the country of more than 23 million people. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP)

Ivory Coast's battle of the beers turns bitter

Sunday, August 13, 2017

Abidjan (AFP) - In our house, the beer is Bock boasts the familiar slogan for the lager that is Ivory Coast's market ...

Nearly 30 million litres of beer is consumed annually in the country of more than 23 million people. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP)

I.Coast's battle of the beers turns bitter

Sunday, August 13, 2017

Abidjan (AFP) - In our house, the beer is Bock boasts the familiar slogan for the lager that is Ivory Coast's market ...

Anthrax decimating Ivory Coast chimps: research

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Paris (AFP) - Anthrax, a bacterial disease commonly associated with arid climes, has quietly been decimating chimpanzees ...

Pangolin meat is also prized as a culinary delicacy and its body parts as an ingredient in traditional medicine in parts of Asia particularly in China and Africa. By ROSLAN RAHMAN (AFP)

I.Coast seizes record three tonnes of pangolin sca...

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Abidjan (AFP) - Authorities in Ivory Coast have seized a record haul of three tonnes of pangolin scales worth an estimat ...

Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo (C) is the first ex-head of state to be tried by the International Criminal Court. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP/File)

ICC judges ordered to review freeing I.Coast ex-le...

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

The Hague (AFP) - Judges must review whether to release the ageing former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo for the rest ...

Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, pictured in 2016, and his former militia leader Charles Ble Goude, 45, have pleaded not guilty to four charges arising out of the post-election violence in 2010 to 2011. By Peter Dejong (POOL/AFP/File)

Judges must review whether to free Ivory Coast lea...

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

The Hague (AFP) - Appeal judges Wednesday struck down a decision denying former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo interim ...

Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo (centre) is the first ex-head of state to be tried by the International Criminal Court. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP/File)

ICC judges to rule on release of Ivory Coast ex-le...

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

The Hague (AFP) - War crimes judges will rule Wednesday whether former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo can be released ...

The incident took place against a backdrop of months-long tensions within the country's armed forces. By STR (AFP/File)

Three soldiers killed in Ivory Coast barrack shoot...

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Abidjan (AFP) - Three soldiers died after shooting erupted overnight at a base in Ivory Coast, which has been gripped by ...

A picture shows a flooded area in a suburb of Abidjan following heavy rainfall in the Ivory Coast on June 13, 2017. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP/File)

Heavy rains have killed 15 in Ivory Coast

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Abidjan (AFP) - The heavy rains drenching Ivory Coast since May have killed at least 15 people in the economic capital A ...

The flooding in Niger's capital Niamey caused houses to collapse, killing 14 people, most of them children. By BOUREIMA HAMA (AFP)

Heavy rains kill 14 in Niger, 11 in Ivory Coast

Friday, June 16, 2017

Abidjan (AFP) - At least 14 people, mostly children, have died in Niger and 11 in Ivory Coast after heavy rains this wee ...

Ivorian reggae singer Alpha Blondy has called for a general amnesty for prisoners in Ivory Coast. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP/File)

Reggae star Alpha Blondy calls for general amnesty...

Friday, June 16, 2017

Abidjan (AFP) - Reggae elder statesman Alpha Blondy called in an interview for a general amnesty and release of all pris ...

Guinea's players wearing tee-shirts with a picture of Cheick Tiote enter the stadium under a poster reading,

Late football star Tiote's body flown back to Ivor...

Monday, June 12, 2017

Abidjan (AFP) - Cheick Tiote's body will arrive back in the Ivory Coast on Thursday where tributes will be paid to the i ...

Ivory Coast's national football team coach Belgian Marc Wilmots poses in March 2017. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP/File)

Ivory Coast must beat Guinea to 'honour' Tiote: Wi...

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Bouakà (Ivory Coast) (AFP) - The Ivory Coast must beat Guinea on Saturday to honour the memory of Cheick Tiote , the f ...

Ivorian chief of staff General Toure Sekou meets with troops who had mutinied over pay, in a bid to heal deep rifts in the military. By SIA KAMBOU (AFP/File)

Ivory Coast army chief meets mutineers in their ba...

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Bouakà (Ivory Coast) (AFP) - Ivory Coast armed forces chief Sekou Toure met on Wednesday with troops who had mutinied o ...

Abidjan: The Paris of Africa and its Young leader,...

Thursday, May 25, 2017

In 1997, my uncle told me about a twinkle city, which is described as le petit paris, the most dynamic and beautiful cit ...

Four people were killed when police clashed with former rebels barricading the road into the Ivorian city of Bouake. By STR (AFP)

Four killed in I.Coast clashes between ex-rebels a...

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Bouakà (Ivory Coast) (AFP) - Four people were killed when police clashed with former rebels barricading the road into t ...

This year's string of mutinies by disgruntled soldiers and has put Ivory Coast's government in a precarious position. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP/File)

I. Coast economic 'miracle' risks morphing into mi...

Friday, May 19, 2017

Bouake (Ivory Coast) (AFP) - Following a string of mutinies, plummeting cocoa prices, depressed growth and social unrest ...

Salomon Kalou had quit the national team after defending champions Ivory Coast crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations this year in the first round. By Daniel ROLAND (AFP/File)

Wilmots recalls Kalou, Doumbia for Ivory Coast

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Abidjan (AFP) - New Ivory Coast coach Marc Wilmots on Thursday tempted Salomon Kalou out of international retirement and ...

Heavily-armed soldiers seeking a wage bonus in Bouake, Ivory Coast's second biggest city, triggered a four-day mutiny across the country. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP)

Ivory Coast rebel troops end mutiny as deal inked

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Bouakà (Ivory Coast) (AFP) - Rebel soldiers in Ivory Coast said Tuesday they were ending a four-day mutiny which drew i ...

Heavily-armed soldiers seeking a wage bonus in Bouake, Ivory Coast's second biggest city, triggered a four-day mutiny across the country. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP)

I.Coast rebel troops end mutiny as deal inked

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Bouakà (Ivory Coast) (AFP) - Rebel soldiers in Ivory Coast said Tuesday they were ending a four-day mutiny which drew i ...

A mutinous soldier holds a RPG rocket launcher inside a military camp in the Ivory Coast's central second city Bouake, on May 15, 2017. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP)

Ivory Coast's rebel troops say mutiny over

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Bouakà (Ivory Coast) (AFP) - Rebel troops in Ivory Coast on Tuesday said they were ending a four-day mutiny after comin ...

Mutinous soldiers fire in the air inside a military camp in the Ivory Coast's central second city Bouake, on May 15, 2017. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP)

I.Coast army mutiny spreads but government claims ...

Monday, May 15, 2017

Bouakà (Ivory Coast) (AFP) - Heavy gunfire rang out Monday in Ivory Coast's two biggest cities as a four-day mutiny by ...

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