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Ex-Credit Suisse CEO elected to lead Ivory Coast’s PDCI opposition party

YoopyaDec 23, 2023December 23, 20230

YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast Dec 22 (Reuters) – Former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam was elected on Friday as leader of the PDCI, one of Ivory

West African leaders lift economic and financial sanctions on Mali

YoopyaJul 4, 2022April 6, 20230

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali, after its military rulers proposed

Ivory Coast Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko dies in Germany at 56

YoopyaMar 11, 2021June 30, 20230

Ivory Coast Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, who was seen as a possible successor to President Alassane Ouattara, has died in Freiburg in southwestern Germany, two

Analysis: War-scarred Ivory Coast reopens for business

YoopyaFeb 10, 2014May 19, 20230

(Reuters) – Ivory Coast is re-emerging as the prime investment destination in French-speaking West Africa after a decade of political turmoil but President Alassane Ouattara

Ivory Coast stampede death toll rises

kiemtarJan 2, 2013January 2, 20130

Deaths from crush at New Year’s Eve fireworks display has risen to 62 as scores of injured go to hospital. The death toll after the

Ouattara dissolves Ivorian government over marriage law

kiemtarNov 15, 2012May 18, 20230

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has sacked his government in a row over a new marriage law which would make wives joint heads of the

Ivorian reggae singers bury rivalry for “peace” tour

YoopyaNov 7, 2012April 12, 20230

(Reuters) – As darkness falls over Ivory Coast’s lagoon-side commercial capital a steady thumping cuts through the tropical night. But where once the thud of

Ivory Coast wins over $4 bln IMF/WB debt relief

YoopyaJun 27, 20120

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast will receive more than 2.15 trillion CFA francs in debt reduction after meeting conditions under the IMF-World Bank Heavily Indebted