Updated on January 18 BY JIBRIL TURE (With reporting by field correspondent Idriss Kone) The International Criminal Court (ICC) Tuesday acquitted the former president of Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, and … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE President Alassane Dramane Ouattara’s coalition party, the Rally of the Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace, RHDP, has won most of the votes cast during the 13 October … Read More
BY USMAN MAMA As Ivorian voters await the final results of last Saturday’s regional and municipal elections, post-election tension erupted in parts of the country Monday, resulting in deaths and … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE The stage is set for new regional and local elections this Saturday in Cote d’Ivoire. While officials hope for a violence-free voting like the last few … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU In an unprecedented move since the wheels of justice got in motion seven years ago to prosecute the perpetrators of atrocities during the post-election civil war that … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE As the local and regional elections scheduled for 13 October loom in Cote d’Ivoire, political tension—without violence—has risen to the point of claiming the collapse of the … Read More
BY BILL J. FIGHTER The former first lady of Cote d’Ivoire, Simone Ggbagbo, who was serving a 20-year jail sentence after being convicted in 2015 for her role in the … Read More
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU UPDATED ON 4 JULY 2018 On 30 October 2016, Ivorian voters approved a new constitution which reaffirmed the two-term limit of the previous one. So, when President … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE A high-profile meeting between Côte d’Ivoire’s president Alassane Dramane Ouattara and the country’s speaker of the parliament, Guillaume Soro, at the presidential palace in Abidjan on 3 … Read More
BY SERGES N’GUESSANT PHOTOGRAPHY BY KOUASSI TOTO KOFFI The Market for Abidjan Performing Arts, MASA, held March 10-17 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, showcased the breathtaking talents of hundreds of artists … Read More
