Ivory Coast Prime Minister Patrick Achi tabled his resignation and that of his government on Wednesday, President Alassane Ouattara said during a cabinet meeting during which he accepted the resignation. The President did not provide reasons for the resignation but said he would name a new Prime Minister next week …
Read More »Ivory Coast: Plane carrying Laurent Gbagbo lands in Abidjan
The 76-year-old arrives in Abidjan after ICC judges earlier this year upheld his 2019 acquittal on charges related to 2011 post-election violence. The plane carrying Ivory Coast’s former President Laurent Gbagbo has landed in the country’s economic hub, Abidjan. The 76-year-old’s arrival on Thursday on a commercial flight from Brussels …
Read More »One soldier killed in an attack in northern Ivory Coast
One soldier was killed on Monday evening when armed men attacked the northern Ivory Coast town of Tougbo, near the border with Burkina Faso, the army said on Tuesday. Ivorian troops were already deployed in the town and quickly pushed back the assailants. No civilians were killed, said the head …
Read More »Three killed in Ivory Coast protests against president’s third term bid
At least three people died during protests in Ivory Coast on Thursday, police said, as small groups burned makeshift roadblocks in protests against President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to stand for a third term. The West African nation has seen a number of scattered protests since Ouattara announced last week he …
Read More »Ivory Coast’s prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly dies at 61
Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Ivory Coast’s prime minister and its ruling party’s candidate for the October presidential election, has died, President Alassane Ouattara said on Wednesday, adding that the country was mourning. Gon Coulibaly, 61, became unwell during a weekly cabinet meeting and was evacuated to a hospital where he passed …
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