Ivory Coast

In Côte d'Ivoire, for a month now, cocoa exporters have stopped buying futures contracts for the next production season. They are asking for a discount on taxes and especially on the quality premium called the "country differential". Information revealed by Bloomberg Agency. It is an arm that is invisible to the public, but…

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Today is the end of the campaign to withdraw ballot papers, while the first round of the presidential election is scheduled for less than a week. Nearly 7.5 million citizens are registered on the electoral rolls. A record number. But since the call for civil disobedience and an active boycott launched by the opposition and the violence that killed 16 people in Dabou in particular, the withdrawal of…

The fourth largest metropolis in Côte d'Ivoire, Korhogo is taken into account the capital of the northern nation of the Senufo individuals area. The town, which was significantly remoted a couple of years in the past, has benefited from financial progress particularly because of the accession to energy of one in all its most well-known residents: former Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly. .

Sidiki Diakité, Minister of Territorial Administration, died on Friday, October 23, after a cardiac arrest. In recent days, it was he who coordinated the attempts at dialogue between the government and the opposition parties. as reported from Abidjan, Sidy YansaneAs suddenly as it was unexpected, the disappearance of Sidiki…

Bouaké, the nation's second metropolis, is infamous for being the insurgent headquarters within the 2000s when Laurent Gbagbo was in energy. The northern metropolis has skilled a decline in its financial and cultural exercise. Immediately, Bouaké tries to rise from the ashes. .

As Côte d'Ivoire sinks into a pre-election crisis, the government appears to be easing slightly, particularly with regard to CEI, a consequence of ECOWAS mediation on 18 and 19 October. as reported from Abidjan, Pierre PintoOn Wednesday, October 21, after a meeting with political parties, but to which no heavyweight from the…

The 4 candidates operating for the Ivorian presidential election have two quick weeks to make a distinction. This 12 months, President Alassane Ouattara's crew has determined to hunt voters at dwelling, with TV spots highlighting his document and his program for the following election interval. .

With the start of the Côte d'Ivoire presidential election, the city of Dabou, west of Abidjan, has in the last two days experienced one of the deadliest episodes since the start of the protest against the candidacy of 'Alassane Ouattara has a third period of violence that left at least seven dead and dozens wounded. as reported…

In the midst of the election campaign, supporters of Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo, demanding an end to the process, accuse the regime of using militias, the "microbes" of attacking opponents by laying in bed for societal violence. On the contrary, members of the ruling party reject these accusations and evoke deeper causes by talking about the clashes that occur during this presidential campaign.…