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
BY JIBRIL TURE President Ouattara has won Sunday’s presidential election in Cote d’Ivoire. He received 84 percent of the votes, against 9 percent for the second-place finisher, Pascal Affi N’Guessan, … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE In a news conference held on Friday, former Ivorian prime minister and candidate of the broad National Coalition for Change, CNC, said he was pulling out of … Read More
BY BOB KOYLE WITH JIBRIL TURE ABIDJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE—Not many people here, including the seven men who are campaigning to unseat President Alassane Ouattara, have any doubt who the winner … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE Ivorian citizens will go to the polls this fall to elect a new president or re-elect the sitting president, Alassane Ouattara, as well as other national and … Read More
BY PETER SESAY More than six thousand delegates of Cote d’Ivoire’s ruling party, the Rally of the Republicans (RDR), on Sunday, March 22 nominated their party’s leader, President Alassane D. … Read More
By Alan Green Franco-Ivorian business leader Tidjane Thiam will become the new chief executive officer of the Swiss bank Credit Suisse in June. The announcement was made on Tuesday by … Read More
By Alan Green Although the Ebola outbreak of December 2013 has seriously affected only three countries in West Africa, tourism as a whole on the continent has been hit with … Read More
By Steve Bada, special envoy After a nerve-wracking, seemingly-endless penalty shoot-out, the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire won the 2015 edition of the African Cup of Nations tournament dubbed this year …
BY JIBRIL TURE Alassane Ouattara was born in 1942 in Dimbokro, northern Cote d’Ivoire. He earned his High School Diploma at age 20 in Ouagadougou, the capital of then-Upper … Read More
