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The Hague – Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday told the International Criminal Court, which is weighing whether to charge him with crimes against humanity, that he had always been pro-democracy. “All my life, I fought for democracy,” … read more »
Laurent Gbagbo, the first former head of state to appear before the International Criminal Court, attended a pre-trial hearing today on charges of crimes against humanity. The former Ivorian leader, wearing a dark blue suit and a light blue tie, … read more »
At least 60 people died and dozens more were injured in Abidjan as crowds stampeded overnight during celebratory New Year’s fireworks, Côte d’Ivoire rescue workers said on Tuesday. The head of military rescue workers, Lieutenant Colonel Issa Sako, told public television … read more »
The International Criminal Court unsealed an arrest warrant Thursday for the Ivory Coast’s former first lady, accusing her of crimes against humanity in the aftermath of her husband’s election defeat in 2010. It says that Simone Gbagbo, wife of Laurent … read more »
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara dissolved his government in a surprise move on Wednesday, citing a lack of solidarity within his coalition cabinet. Ouattara became president in the West African state after beating incumbent Laurent Gbagbo in a 2010 run-off … read more »
ABIDJAN: Ghana has arrested a top ally of Ivory Coast’s former President Laurent Gbagbo after weeks of deadly attacks on Ivorian police and military installations, officials from the two neighboring West African countries said yesterday. Gbagbo is awaiting trial at … read more »
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Hamed Bakayoko told Radio France International (RFI) he believed the attackers received their orders from Gbagbo loyalists in neighbouring Ghana. One assailant was also killed in the gun battle on Monday in the Riviera district of Abidjan, the main city. … read more »
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South African Airways (SAA) is set to add, in the coming two months, two new destinations to its ever-increasing Africa-region route network. The two new destinations, Abidjan and Brazzaville, will bring the total number of destinations that SAA serves throughout … read more »
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Again let me emphasise: Rashidi was not sick at the time he was abducted. Rashidi was never mad. He could have had periods of some depression but those were in the distant past. This is one of the most difficult … read more »
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Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau released two leading politicians they had arrested in an April 12 coup and said on Friday they would accept the planned deployment to the country of over 600 soldiers from West African regional bloc ECOWAS. Carlos Gomes … read more »
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Tagged Abidjan, Carlos Gomes Júnior, Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Guinea-Bissau, Military Command, Raimundo Pereira, West Africa
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Abidjan – The lawyer for Ivory Coast’s firebrand ex-first lady Simone Gbagbo, Rodrigue Dadje, has been charged with threatening national security and jailed, a colleague said Wednesday. Gbagbo, who was seen as a formidable power-broker before her husband Laurent was … read more »
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New York, The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire has said it is encouraged by the pace of its arms collection exercise that started in June last year, but noted that much remains to be done to take away … read more »
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Abidjan – A military court in Ivory Coast put on trial on Friday 28 paramilitary police accused of crimes in the period last year when former president Laurent Gbagbo tried to cling to power, a prosecutor said. “These gendarmes, including … read more »
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ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, February 28, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Côte d’Ivoire, Bert Koenders, had a working session with Ivorian civil society at the headquarters of the UN Operation in Côte … read more »
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Ivorian’s captain Didier Drogba gets off a plane at Felix Houphouet Airport in Abidjan on February 13, 2012. Ivory Coast, who yet again failed to fulfil their favourite’s tag at the Africa Cup of Nations, head back to Abidjan laden … read more »
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GENEVA, Switzerland, January 27, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following violent clashes between supporters and opponents of the President of Côte d’Ivoire in Abidjan last Saturday, the UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire, Doudou … read more »
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Theft and poor management also cited as public health scheme is downscaled to include women and young children only Ivory Coast is abandoning free healthcare for all after a brief experiment because of rapidly escalating costs. “In nine months the … read more »
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Tagged Abidjan, Alassane Ouattara, CFA franc, Community Health, Côte d'Ivoire, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ivory Coast, Port-Bouët, United States
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ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, January 20, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Summary of UNOCI weekly press conference The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Côte d’Ivoire, Bert Koenders, will leave Abidjan at the weekend for New York, where he … read more »
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ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire January 17, 2012 PRESIDENT OUATTARA: (Via interpreter) Madam Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, first of all, on behalf of the Government and the people of Cote d’Ivoire, … read more »
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Tagged Abidjan, Alassane Ouattara, Côte d'Ivoire, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ouattara, United States, West Africa
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Abidjan – US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is praising the administration of Ivory Coast’s president for seeking justice and accountability for crimes committed in the months after the disputed 2010 election. But human rights groups say Alassane Ouattara’s … read more »
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Tagged Abidjan, Alassane Ouattara, Clinton, Côte d'Ivoire, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ivory Coast, United States Secretary of State
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Paris – A body unearthed in Ivory Coast by investigators last week is not that of Franco-Canadian journalist Guy-Andre Kieffer, who went missing in the country’s economic capital Abidjan in 2004, his brother’s lawyer said on Thursday. Samples of the … read more »
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Tagged Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, DNA, France, Guy-André Kieffer, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Paris
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ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, January 5, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Summary of UNOCI weekly press conference Some 120 youths handed in their weapons to UNOCI on 30 December 2011 during a voluntary arms collection operation at the Youth Centre in … read more »
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Abidjan – Ivorian media group chief Nady Rayess, considered a pioneer of the country’s independent press, died Monday in a small plane crash near Abidjan, the civil aviation authority said. A single-engine aircraft flown by the Olympe group chief executive … read more »
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Tagged Abidjan, Alassane Ouattara, Assinie, Côte d'Ivoire, Grand-Bassam, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo
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Abidjan – Four people were killed and 15 were injured in inter-ethnic clashes on Monday near the Ivory Coast economic capital Abidjan, a defence ministry spokesperson said on Monday. The clashes pitting indigenous Abidji against ethnic Malinke hailing from the … read more »
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Tagged Abidjan, Abidji, Alassane Ouattara, Côte d'Ivoire, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, Sikensi
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NEW YORK, December 13, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary-General welcomes the holding of the legislative elections in Côte d’Ivoire and commends the people of Côte d’Ivoire for the generally calm and orderly manner in which they exercised their … read more »
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara’s ruling coalition led in partial results from Sunday’s legislative election, according to a small sample of preliminary results released on Monday. Ouattara’s ruling coalition appears set for a landslide win based on voting patterns during … read more »
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Tagged Abidjan, Alassane Ouattara, Côte d'Ivoire, Hague, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, United Nations, West Africa
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Abidjan – Ivory Coast awaited results from its first parliamentary elections for a decade, with officials saying a boycott by the opposition had done little to disrupt voting in the country recovering from a crippling civil war. Election officials said … read more »
Abidjan – Three people were killed and three others wounded following a rocket blast at an election campaign rally on Wednesday in south-west Ivory Coast, the West African nation’s defence minister said on Thursday. Paul Koffi Koffi said the incident, … read more »
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Tagged Abidjan, Alassane Ouattara, Côte d'Ivoire, Grand Lahou, Hague, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, International Criminal Court, Laurent Gbagbo
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The head of the party once led by former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo hit out on Wednesday at political allies who have broken a boycott of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, marking a fracturing in what was once a unified pro-Gbagbo bloc. … read more »
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Tagged Abidjan, Alassane Ouattara, Côte d'Ivoire, Gbagbo, Hague, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Ivorian Popular Front, Laurent Gbagbo
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ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, December 6, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) notes that four days after the start of campaigning for the 11 December 2011 legislative elections, efforts remain to be made with … read more »
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