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In an address to the nation on August 6 on the occasion of the independence anniversary, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara announced that he was granting a presidential pardon to his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo. The measure was deemed insufficient by Gbagbo's party, PPA-CI, which is demanding amnesty. Why this request and what could be the outcome of this legal and political arm-wrestling? Interview with Arsène Brice Bado, from the Center for Research and Action for Peace (Cerap).

In Côte d'Ivoire, many residents of the village of Niega, west of Sassandra, have high hopes for a mysterious construction site that started by the sea in 2015. They all believe that a luxury hotel will be built, which will offer job opportunities. Some…

In Côte d'Ivoire, doctors and patients regularly encounter difficulties in obtaining blood bags. The country is experiencing a structural shortage of hemoglobin, which reaches critical levels during school holidays. Every year, patients die after families or medical teams have failed to find blood for the time needed. There are no official figures on the number of deaths attributable to this failure. (Replay)

Former President Blaise Compaoré left Ouagadougou for Abidjan on Saturday afternoon, July 9. He arrived on Thursday and took part in a consultation with former President Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo and Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba. Blaise Compaoré took the…

While news of Blaise Compaoré's arrival in Burkina for the next few days had been circulating since Monday, Abidjan officially confirmed it on Wednesday, July 6 in Ouagadougou. Residing in Côte d'Ivoire since his fall in 2014, the former president must attend a…

A supertanker moored within the Red Sea off Yemen since 1976 may break up and launch some or all of its 1.1 million barrels of oil within the Horn of Africa, warns the UN. Also on this version: Britain's Prince Charles expresses remorse over the legacy of…

The Ministry of Hydraulics, Sanitation and Health has launched a major "eviction operation" aimed at keeping people away from risk areas: floods, landslides or landslides. At least 25,000 people, spread over 54 places in eight of Abidjan's ten municipalities,…

The Ivorian elephants were not successful, on Thursday, June 9, against Lesotho on the second day of the CAN 2023 qualifier (Group H). Despite constant dominance, they did not find the net (0-0). Côte…

Beware of false prophets, evangelists or pastors, who claim to have gifts to "cure" children from various ailments that their parents do not know how to treat: behavioral disorders, mental illness ... In Ivory Coast there are centers of "liberation" where one…

The Ivorian state has decided to renew, for one year, the tax benefits granted to cocoa bean mills. The goal is to encourage more and more transformation. To encourage the industry to process half of the…