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.
'I am a warrior' Rachel Kéké: Meet the Franco-Ivorian chambermaid on her way to the French parliament
'I am a warrior' Rachel Kéké: Meet the Franco-Ivorian chambermaid on her way to the French parliament
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.
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. Article 4/4 of "The Israel Connection"
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. Article 10/10 of "Burkina Faso’s Thomas Sankara: Who killed ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’?"
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.