Tag: Ivory Coast
Former minister Tidjane Thiam back in Ivory Coast after 20 absence
The former managing director of Credit Suisse, also a former planning minister, arrived in Abidjan on Monday. He was received by Alassane Ouattara upon his arrival, but the vagueness remains…
independence day marked by the absence of ex-presidents Bédié and Gbagbo
It is a national holiday in Côte d’Ivoire. The country commemorates, this Sunday, August 7, the 62 years of its independence with a large parade, throughout the morning, of the…
Headlines: Gbagbo pardoned, true-false step towards reconciliation
Nearly five hundred days after his final acquittal by the International Criminal Court, President Laurent Gbagbo is pardoned by his successor Alassane Ouattara. The announcement was made last night on…
Ivorian Maxwel Cornet signs five-year contract with West Ham
New club across the Channel for Maxwel Cornet. A year after his transfer to Burnley from Olympique Lyonnais, the striker signed on Friday August 5 with West Ham. ” The…
Embalo invited to Yamoussoukro, sign of reconciliation between Abidjan and Bissau
Côte d’Ivoire commemorates the 62nd anniversary of its independence this Sunday. Like every year, President Alassane Ouattara will address the nation this Saturday evening. But the ceremonies will take place…
the CNS examines the case of the 49 soldiers detained in Mali
In Côte d’Ivoire, a National Security Council was held on Thursday August 4th. At the top of the topics discussed, the case of the 49 Ivorian soldiers detained in Bamako…
the Minister of Defense received the families
With our correspondent in Abidjan, Youenn Gourlay Téné Birahima Ouattara, the Ivorian Minister of Defense, gathered this Wednesday in Abidjan the families of 49 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali for…
status quo in Lomé between Abidjan and Bamako
A look back at Togolese mediation in the case of 49 Ivorian soldiers arrested on July 10 on their arrival at Bamako airport. President Faure Gnassingbé received Malian and Ivorian…
new discovery of oil and natural gas in the Southwest
In Côte d’Ivoire, the Italian oil company ENI has just made a second discovery of crude oil and natural gas, off Assinie, in the south-east of the country. The deposit…
the ballot to elect the departmental councilors of the RHDP enamelled with violence
Tensions arose this weekend in Côte d’Ivoire, within the Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP). The ruling party elected its departmental councilors but the ballot was marred by…