Côte d'Ivoire

Electricity: West Africa plans regional power market to bridge electricity gap

West Africa's regional body will pool its resources to establish an electricity market to end the blackouts that have blighted its 15 member ... states for decades.

Mining: dealing in the downturn

The dramatic fall in the gold price has exposed just how many miners did not save enough during the boom years. They are now looking to sell ... off non-essential assets, while new tax regimes and community activism add to their pressures.

Ghana’s emerging industry faces tough tests

Ghana is suffering from a precipitous drop in oil prices, delays to the gas processing plant and a maritime border dispute. ...

Ecowas: The next forty years

As the West African regional body celebrates 40 years in May, The Africa Report looks at integration on the ground and what the next four decades ... could hold.

Banking: Rapid growth in West Africa’s CFA zone makes debt manageable

The Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa (UEMOA) plans to issue 2,865 billion CFA francs ($4.9 billion) in debt this year, down 22.4 percent ... from 2014 when both Ivory Coast and Senegal issued Eurobonds.

Finance: Cote d’Ivoire $1 bn Eurobond nearly four times oversubscribed

Investors have placed nearly $4 billion in orders for a $1 billion Eurobond -- sub-Saharan Africa's first in 2015 -- which Ivory Coast marketed ... on Tuesday, a government spokesman said.

Best and worst of Afcon 2015 tournament

After 32 games over 23 days, AFCON 2015 ended in Bata on Sunday with an emotional win for Ivory Coast over Ghana. Taimour Lay presents his highs ... and lows of the tournament.

Afcon 2015 Final: Côte d’Ivoire end their long wait

After a goalless extra time at the 2015 African Cup of Nations finals,Les Elephants on Sunday unsettled Ghana's Black Stars with a sensational ... 9-8 penalty shootout victory.

In Pictures: AFCON 2015 – Violence at Ghana / Equatorial Guinea semi final match

The 2015 AFCON semi final match between Ghana and Equatorial Guinea will go down in history as probably the most chaotic as disgruntled fans ... of the losing team turned violent. Deep into the second-half, after Ghana's third goal, the missiles started to be directed at 500 Ghana fans gathered in a segregated corner. First it was bottles, then stones, then glass, all raining down on the pitch from Equatoguinean fans furious at perceived injustices at the hands of the referee. Ghana's fans, admirably restrained throughout, eventually made it to the opposite corner of the ground.

AFCON 2015: Ghana reach final amid stadium violence

Disgruntled Equatorial Guinea fans force semi-final in Malabo to be suspended for 40 minutes ...