Tag: Ivory Coast
the opposition calls for the extension of the period for revising the electoral lists
In Côte d’Ivoire, the revision of the electoral list was completed this Sunday, November 17. And there will obviously not be a new extension, despite insistent calls from the opposition…
Tiken Jah Fakoly live on RFI
This Wednesday, November 13, RFI is honoring the Ivorian artist Tiken Jah Fakoly through the live broadcast of his concert at the Salle Pleyel from 8:40 p.m. (Paris time), but…
ex-president Laurent Gbagbo meets the French ambassador
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo spoke on Sunday, November 10, with the French ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire. A way, for both parties, to re-establish a channel of communication which had…
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.…
France’s rejection in Africa more the result of its policies than disinformation, says report
The pro-democracy network Tournons la page and the Sciences Po International Research Center (Ceri) published a report on Wednesday, November 6 called “ What is the name for the rejection…
Victoire Andrène Ombi and Daouda Konaté, 2024 winners of the Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon Scholarship
Eleven years after the assassination of Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, in Kidal in northern Mali, RFI awarded this Saturday, November 2, in Cotonou in Benin, the scholarship bearing their…
ex-Ivorian international Stéphane Konaté passes on the passion for basketball to Korhogo
Some 200 young people took part in the fourth edition of the “Stéphane Konaté basketball camp” in Korhogo, from October 31 to November 2, 2024. The eponymous initiator of the…
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.…
The song “Djeneba Djaba” by Debordo Leekunfa, the Ivorian phenomenon of the moment born thanks to TikTok
This is the Ivorian phenomenon of the moment: the song “Djeneba Djaba” (literally: “onion seller” in Dioula), by the Ivorian Debordo Leekunfa has had nearly 5 million views since October…
PDCI figure Jean-Louis Billon declares himself a candidate for the 2025 presidential election
In Ivory Coast, Jean-Louis Billon announced on Friday October 25 his candidacy for the convention of his party PDCI-RDA, with a view to the presidential election of October 2025. A…