Ivory Coast

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…

It's official: Alassane Ouattara will receive his predecessors Henri Konan Bédié and Laurent Gbagbo as president next week. The date was confirmed by the Council of Ministers on Wednesday: it will be July 14. The meeting between the three pillars of Ivorian politics had been mentioned during the political dialogue that took place at the beginning of the year between all Ivorian parties. The principle had been recorded several weeks ago. All that remained was to make the three agendas coincide. Henri Konan Bédié was…

Following a six-month embargo on Mali, the lifting of sanctions on West African countries means that trade with that country can be fully resumed. In particular for carriers serving Mali from the ports of Dakar or Abidjan.…

On July 1, in Brazzaville, 27 choirs created the Federation of Congo Choirs (FCC). "We thought of creating a federation to discuss, share and participate in the development of Congolese music. Because we are always spared and even almost abandoned. The 7th edition of the Francophone Prize for Innovation in the Media was launched on July 1 jointly by the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF), RFI and Reporters Without Borders. Candidates have until 31 August to compete for prizes gifted with 15,000 euros (1st…

On Wednesday, June 29, Air Côte d'Ivoire made its maiden flight to Johannesburg. The I3RC A320neo arrived in the South African metropolis around 07:40 (05:40 UTC). From now on, the company will operate this destination, with a short stopover in Kinshasa, 4…

According to the latest report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, cocaine trafficking is on the rise. West Africa has long been a transit area, but this drug trade seems to affect all the coastal countries in the sub-region.…

Headliners by Denise Époté from TV5Monde, as every Sunday on RFI, with Assane Diop. On the menu: Rwandan Yvonne Manzi Makolo, computer specialist, president of the airline RwandAir and first woman at the helm of the International Air Transport Association…

The decision of the US Supreme Court to revoke the right to abortion also reacts in Africa. On the continent, voluntary termination of pregnancy is still prohibited in a large majority of countries. This is the case, for example, in Côte d'Ivoire, where…

On Thursday, June 23, the big annual meeting of the French Council of Investors in Africa was held in Paris in collaboration with the newspaper L'Opinion. Gabonese, Cameroonian and Ivorian delegations made the trip. Among the most important issues addressed is…

Mohamed Bazoum arrived on Thursday, June 23 for a 48-hour state visit to the Ivory Coast. A visit that will come when ECOWAS holds a summit in Accra on July 3, when the situation in countries that have experienced recent coups will be discussed in particular:…