Tag: Ivory
Ivory Coast: conviction confirmed on appeal for two relatives of Guillaume Soro
In Ivory Coast, justice confirmed on appeal the charges and sentences against two leaders of the opposition movement Générations et peuple solidaires (GPS) founded by former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro,…
Ivory Coast: indictment at the trial for sexual harassment at the Taekwondo federation
In Ivory Coast, the second day of hearing took place, Friday January 10, at the Abidjan criminal court, in the trial of Tadjou Attada which opened on November 22. The…
Ivory Coast worries about intensification of cocoa smuggling
According to Ivorian cocoa exporters cited by the Reuters agency, 50,000 tonnes of beans would have illegally left the country towards Guinea in the last quarter of 2024. While a…
Cocoa in the cosmetics industry: Ivory Coast conquers beauty
Cocoa is most often associated with food and chocolate. However, and it is less known, it is also used in the composition of many cosmetic products. Ivory Coast, the world’s…
Ivory Coast confirms arrest of six suspected members of the Islamic State group
The Ivory Coast authorities confirm the dismantling of a terrorist network last July in Abidjan. According to the French newspaper The Worldwhich reveals this information, six people from Iraq and…
Suspect95, the “Alchemist” of rap Ivory
Suspect 95 confirms its status as a spearhead of Ivory rap with its new project Alchemistreleased on November 1st under his label Le Syndicat. In 10 titles, he addresses social…
Accusations of sexual abuse in taekwondo in Ivory Coast: Mariama Cissé testifies
For a year, accusations of sexual abuse within an Ivorian taekwondo federation have plunged the country’s second sport into crisis. Mariama Cissé, one of the alleged victims, gives her testimony.…
In Ivory Coast, the decree to dissolve student union associations is adopted
Pupil and student union associations will no longer have their place in schools and universities in Côte d’Ivoire. On Wednesday October 30, the government adopted a decree dissolving these organizations.…
S&P raises Ivory Coast’s public debt rating to “double B”
This is good news for Abidjan: at the end of last week, the S&P rating agency raised the Ivorian public debt rating from “double B minus” to “double B” with…
Ivory Coast and Ghana strengthen their economic and security cooperation
The first summit of heads of state of the Ivory Coast-Ghana Strategic Partnership Agreement took place this Friday, October 11 in Abidjan. On this occasion, Alassane Ouattara and Nana Akufo-Addo…