Africa Ivory Coast The country will host the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, in the 6 stadiums made available to host the most important competition in African football between 23 June and 23 July next year, a strategic period for players involved in the European championships
Africa Ivory Coast The National Union of Gas Distributors has announced an indefinite strike to protest against the difficulties the sector has been experiencing for several years. including the lack of maintenance of butane gas distribution infrastructure
Africa Ivory Coast The reopening of the university campuses of Abobo, port-Bouet and Vridi have been announced in the traditional speech of 31 December of the President Alassane Ouattara as priorities for the full return of in-person learning in the country
Africa Ivory Coast The addressing project in the Abidjan district has begun; funded by World Bank, it aims at giving names and street numbers to houses in 13 municipalities, with a total of 12.000 streets in 3 years
Africa Ivory Coast A partnership with Italian energy giant ENI has been announced; the country is set to become a significant oil producer at international level from 2023-2024
Africa Ivory Coast AfricaGis 2021, an event that saw the participation of some 500 geospatial experts in Abidjan at the international geospatial science conference, ends today; for the minister, an opportunity to forge strategic partnerships with large groups in the sector
Africa Ivory Coast The country will recruit 3.000 soldiers in 2022 to strengthen its military force in response to the growing terrorist threat, which has seen several attacks by armed groups in the north of the country
Africa Ivory Coast The "Cocobulles" International Festival of Editorial Drawing and Comics ended this weekend in Treichville, one of the municipalities of the economic capital Abidjan; drawing as a tool for conflict prevention was the theme of this year's edition
Africa Ivory Coast A record 1 million tonnes of cashew nuts were produced in the country last year; now, the leading cashew nut producer is to open three new processing plants with the aim of tripling its production of shelled nuts by next year
Africa Ivory Coast The constitutive congress of the new party headed by former President Laurent Gbagbo, called the Party of African Peoples-Côte d'Ivoire (Ppa-Ci), has recently concluded
Africa Ivory Coast France will return to the country the talking drum called Djidji Ayôkwé, from the Ebrie community, which was an instrument of communication and resistance for the indigenous populations at the time of French colonisation
Africa Ivory Coast The buying price of cocoa to farmers was set to 825 CFA francs (€1,25) per kilo, a fall by 17,5% compared to the opening of the last season when the so-called "election price" was in force, with producers being paid 1.000 CFA francs (€1,52/kg)
Africa Ivory Coast Simone Gbagbo, the country's former first lady, has launched a new movement in her support, which many believe could be a possible prelude to a political party