Ivory Coast

The ECOWAS delegation, which met with Ivorian political actors, referred to as on the federal government and the opposition to "make a big effort" in order that the presidential election on 31 October takes place in a peaceable method. Clashes have left a number of useless in latest days. The stream stays rigid by suspending the vote. The opposition implements a method of civil disobedience. What's the logic of the 2 camps? To attempt to perceive that, our visitor this morning is Ivorian political analyst Sylvain…

In Côte d'Ivoire, the ECOWAS ministerial mission completed its two-day mission on Monday 19 October. In its final statement, the delegation from the West African Economic Community called for restraint, but also called on Pascal Affi N'guessan from the FPI and Henri Konan Bedié from the PDCI to reconsider their words on the order of boycott of the electoral process and civil disobedience.…

The world's main cocoa producer, Côte d'Ivoire and its neighbor Ghana and the world's second largest producer, promised final yr to lift the worth paid to growers by establishing, after session with the multinational chocolate corporations, a "Differential of First rate Earnings" of 400 In consequence, on 1 October, Côte d'Ivoire formally set the worth paid for crops at 1,000 CFA francs per kilogram of…

In tonight's version: Lagos is paralyzed by ongoing protests towards police brutality. Protesters are marching in direction of the airport as they demand extra modifications to cope with the notorious abuses that safety cops typically go to civilians. And not less than three folks have been killed in tensions earlier than Ivory Coast earlier than the election. Regional bloc ECOWAS calls on each the…

A ministerial mission from ECOWAS arrived in Côte d'Ivoire to fulfill the assorted political actors. The opposition not acknowledged the legitimacy of the establishments chargeable for the group and validation of the elections scheduled for 31 October and demanded the withdrawal of the candidacy of outgoing President Alassane Ouattara for a 3rd time period. Will this worldwide mediation give the…

Lower than 15 days earlier than the primary spherical of the Ivory Coast presidential election, this week RFI is providing you a sequence of 5 studies from Africa and the economic system. First half on Monday: The best way to make Ivorian cashew extra aggressive and, particularly, to overcome the British and European markets? That was the topic of a debate that befell on Friday 16 October in Abidjan.…

In Ivory Coast, in Gagnoa, the hometown of Laurent Gbagbo, the query of returning to the previous Ivorian president swallows the political debate. Some are ready for him as a messiah, others hope to not hear extra about this thorny topic. The authorities' refusal to provide him a passport to permit him to return to the Ivory Coast, in addition to the tensions earlier than the election, arouses anger and…

To negotiate, the Ivorian opposition trusts the international community. The government had invited the parties and political groups to a "working session" on "the framework for organizing the vote", while the country is experiencing a political crisis as the presidential election approaches. First scheduled for October 14, then on the 15th, the resumption of dialogue between the government and the…

The year 2020 has been strange for Murielle Ahouré. Almost no race for the 60-meter indoor world champion. And especially not the Tokyo Games, where the 33-year-old Ivorian scored the most important goal of his season, the dream of an Olympic medal. But Murielle Ahouré did not waste her time. She has just been appointed this week as the Unicef ​​Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire in the continuity of the work for children that she had already…

On Friday, October 16, Alassane Ouattara launched his campaign in Bouaké, the major city in central Côte d'Ivoire, for the October 31 presidential election. The president, who was running for a third term, met at length with the traditional leaders of the region to whom he exposed his program and defended his record, suggesting that a political dialogue could be held after the election. Then he held a…