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Côte d'Ivoire

Round 2

Côte d’Ivoire: Laurent Gbagbo’s return to the political arena

Four months after returning home, Côte d'Ivoire’s former president, Laurent Gbagbo, has created a new party. What are the 76-year-old’s ... real aspirations?

Nothing but up

Côte d’Ivoire: Why ENI’s discovery is a game-changer for West Africa

In 2023, ENI wants to start operating in the baleine offshore field, which it only discovered three months ago. It intends to rely on its experience ... in Ghana and the good Ivorian infrastructure that already exists.

Legal drama

Why an Air Côte d’Ivoire plane was seized by businessman Diawara

Following a decision by the Ecowas Court of Justice, an aircraft operated by Air Côte d'Ivoire was only allowed to take off once a compromise ... had been reached.

A Global Phenomenon

African origins: From New Orleans to Abidjan, the roots of twerking

Popularised by music videos and sometimes considered pornographic, this phenomenon has its origins in ancestral Afro-descendant dances and, above ... all, advocates for a liberation of the body.

Côte d'Ivoire top stories

health span

Finance: Tidjane Thiam’s SPAC to merge with USA’s Human Longevity

Rachel Kéké won her seat in the 7th constituency of Val-de-Marne in Sunday's French legislative elections © Bruno LEVY/DIVERGENCE

'I am a warrior'

Rachel Kéké: Meet the Franco-Ivorian chambermaid on her way to the French parliament

hopes and fears

Côte d’Ivoire – Ghana : Will AfCFTA offer cocoa farmers a solution?

health span

Finance: Tidjane Thiam’s SPAC to merge with USA’s Human Longevity

Rachel Kéké won her seat in the 7th constituency of Val-de-Marne in Sunday's French legislative elections © Bruno LEVY/DIVERGENCE

'I am a warrior'

Rachel Kéké: Meet the Franco-Ivorian chambermaid on her way to the French parliament

hopes and fears

Côte d’Ivoire – Ghana : Will AfCFTA offer cocoa farmers a solution?

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No one is safe

Côte d’Ivoire: Ouattara continues to keep his hands clean

After several calm months, the process of suspending the general managers of public enterprises, which began in August, has resumed. No one is ... being spared.

Feeding the Masses

Nigeria: Food commodities exchange AFEX plans an African expansion

Nigeria’s first private-sector commodities exchange AFEX is planning to expand to Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania, CEO Ayodeji ... Balogun tells The Africa Report.

Buildings in the business district Plateau are seen behind the village of Attiekoube in Abidjan

From Houphouët to Hamed Bakayoko

How Israel made Côte d’Ivoire a promised land

Côte d'Ivoire's Abidjan, which has been a pillar of Israeli influence in West Africa since president Houphouët-Boigny’s rule, has strengthened ... its alliance with Tel Aviv and companies under the influence of Stéphane Konan, the late prime minister Hamed Bakayoko’s advisor.

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Politics or nothing

Côte d’Ivoire: ‘I will be in politics until I die,’ says Laurent Gbagbo

Former president Laurent Gbagbo will be leading the Parti des Peuples Africains – Côte d’Ivoire, his new political formation. “We will ... resume our journey together,” he told his supporters, adding that he is ready to continue the fight “as a simple activist.”

in absentia

Sankara murder: Key defendant Blaise Compaoré enjoys life in exile, dodges trial

The three accused: Blaise Compaoré, Gilbert Diendéré and Hyacinthe Kafando are at the heart of the trial for the assassination of Thomas Sankara ... which began on 11 October, years after they were first accused of his murder. Now it seems only Gilbert Diendéré will take the stand.

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Kenya Pandora Papers

box is open

Pandora papers: From Congo to Zimbabwe, the implicated African leaders

The Pandora Papers, the latest offshore leak investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), has implicated ... many African politicians – 49 to be exact - from Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta to Gabon’s President Ali Bongo. In this roundup, we focus on five current politicians with secret links to offshore companies, and the implications of these revelations.

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