Ivory Coast

On the eighth day of the Bouaké bombing, the court on Thursday examined the identification and statements of the three accused, Belarusian Yury Sushkin and Ivorians Patrice Ouei and Ange Gnanduillet Attualy, suspected of having pilot and co-pilot Sukhois during the attack. . In the absence of defendants in the box, the President read the statements of the Ivorian officers heard in November 2005 by an…

Negotiations will soon resume in Côte d'Ivoire on the return to the country of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé, acquitted by the ICC. President Ouattara officially declared on Wednesday that they were free to return whenever they wanted. While the essentials are therefore officially agreed by all parties, there are still many details to be resolved.…

A long-awaited testimony this Thursday, April 8, in the Bouaké bombing, in which nine French soldiers were killed on November 6, 2004. The Togolese Minister of the Interior at the time, François Boko, heard by video conference, explained how, while making the alleged perpetrators of raids available for the French authorities on 16 November, they refused to take it up. A very detrimental passivity for the…

During the bombing of Bouaké, the Assize court in Paris continued to investigate one of the gray areas. On November 16, 2004, ten days after the attack, Togo warned: 8 Belarusian citizens and 2 Ivorians were arrested on the border with Ghana off the Ivory Coast. Among this group apparently consists of mercenaries, the pilots of the rescuers, he suspects. But these men will finally be released, because…

On Wednesday, President Alassane Ouattara gave the inexperienced mild to return to Ivory Coast for his nice rival former President Laurent Gbagbo and his former youth minister Charles Blé Goudé, "each time they need", every week later their remaining acquittal of humanity by the Worldwide Felony Courtroom. as reported from…

Resumption today of the trial of the bombing of Bouaké. On November 6, 2004, 10 people were killed in the attack on the French military camp in the Licorne force by two Soukhoï planes piloted by Russian mercenaries and their Ivorian co-pilots. The court began investigating one of the gray areas of this act: the arrest of suspects in Togo, which will finally be released because France, warned, is not…

In Abidjan, the authorities announced on Tuesday, April 6, the new government led by Prime Minister Patrick Achi. The new government group now has 37 ministers. Ivorians therefore know Patrick Achis nya team. And it has several new features: Kandia Camara is thus appointed to foreign affairs, replacing Ally Coulibaly. Another Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense Téné Birahima Ouattara, the President's brother, confirmed in this post, where he had acted for a month, shortly before Hamed Bakayoko's death. Third Prime…

When will Laurent Gbagbo set foot on the ground at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Airport in Abidjan? Almost a week after the final acquittal of the former president of Côte d'Ivoire by the International Criminal Court, his return to the country is being discussed, at the insistent request of his supporters. The modalities are far from fixed.…

In a press release published on Friday, April 2, at the initiative of some thirty organizations, the reduction of the cocoa price to the producer by 25% is seen as a step towards a global multi-actor dynamic aimed at fairer regulation in the sector to get more yields for producers. The Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) has…

Following Laurent Gbagbo's final acquittal at the ICC, there is also the question of the future of the FPI, and more precisely the current party leader Pascal Affi N'Guessan. as reported from Abidjan, Sidy YansaneThe former Prime Minister of Laurent Gbagbo is at odds with his mentor, the latter supporting the diverse edge that…