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Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé were definitely acquitted. The ICC Court of Appeal announced its decision on Wednesday afternoon, March 31, in The Hague. A news eagerly awaited by the militants and sympathizers of the FPI, the party for Gbagbo, which caused scenes of cheering in the Ivory Coast. In the Selmer district of Yopougon, where our correspondent went Sidy Yansane, maquis Tantie Margot has been transformed into a mini-cinema for live broadcasting of the ICC hearing. When the judge dismissed the prosecutor's…

On November 6, 2004, two Ivorian planes bombed a French camp for the Licorne force in Bouaké, Ivory Coast: nine French soldiers and one American civilian were killed, 38 people wounded. In retaliation, the French army destroyed the Ivorian air force. Tensions are rising between Paris and Abidjan. More than 16 years later, the trial of the persecuted pilots for murder, attempted murder and destruction of property will begin on Monday before the Assize Court in Paris, without the accused. The box will be empty. Of the…

Disappeared eight months after his predecessor Amadou Gon Coulibaly, the Ivorian prime minister, was buried on Friday 19 March in Séguéla. It is in his hometown in the northwest Ivory Coast that Hamed Bakayoko's remains after Friday prayers in the mosque will be buried."Goodbye Hambak!" Morning fraternity, government newspaper on the front page, which in an archive photo, Hamed Bakayoko, hands joined, walks on the red carpet…

"If the presidential party retains its absolute majority in the National Assembly, pro-Gbagbo has shown that they remain one of the most important political forces in the country," he noted. The young Africa. (…) Of the 254 alternate seats at stake, Alassane Ouattara won the RHDP 137 and therefore obtained an absolute majority (results which are still preliminary as they have not yet been validated by the Constitutional…

With lower than 22,000 circumstances declared for the reason that pandemic started and 133 deaths recorded, Ivory Coast appears comparatively spared from the pandemic in comparison with different international locations in Africa as effectively. However Côte d'Ivoire is becoming a member of the Covax initiative and can launch a large vaccination marketing campaign subsequent yr, which the federal…

Within the Ivory Coast, the NGO Deal with Africa works to convey messages about sexual well being via soccer workouts. HIV, STIs, gender-based violence, genital mutilation or entry to contraception, many critical and critical subjects are mentioned with main faculty college students in a great temper and with a bullet within the foot. in a main faculty in Grand-Bassam.…

The Zouglou music duo had been instantly prosecuted for contempt of courtroom, discredited the judiciary and disseminated false info with racial and tribal tastes. Final Sunday, throughout a live performance within the municipality of Yopougon, the well-known Ivorian group had listed prosecutor Richard Adou and accused him of solely prosecuting opposition activists as a part of investigations into…

In a report printed on Wednesday, the NGO's Human Proper Watch condemns the extent of violence after the election in Côte d'Ivoire and asks the authorities to analyze the deaths of about 50 individuals. In accordance with HRW, at the least 50 individuals have misplaced their lives in gatherings and / or violence. HRW analyzes…

In Côte d'Ivoire, at the newest census in 2014, nearly 500,000 individuals with bodily disabilities had been registered. However in actuality, it could be that there are lots of extra, given the truth that households usually disguise them out of disgrace. Along with prejudice, incapacity is a really severe materials downside for occasionally poor households. Kids who can't transfer on their very own…

Hershey's and Mars, two American corporations within the chocolate trade, draw anger from Abidjan and Accra. Ivorian and Ghanaian cocoa regulators criticize them for undermining efforts to extend farmers 'producers' incomes. The 2 multinational corporations have "quickly" modified provider to keep away from financing the respectable revenue distinction, a bonus supposed for cocoa farmers.…