Cote d'Ivoire News

More than a year after the tragedy of the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, world's football governing body FIFA has announced support for the wounded and families of the victims.

Ivorian health officials are vaccinating people against yellow fever in Abidjan, the commercial capital, and two other major cities, after the disease killed two people and struck nine others in recent weeks.

The appeals process on the new provisional voters' list actually started on Saturday 24 July 2010 in the local centres of the Independent Electoral Commission in the Zanzan region, an official source in Bondoukou said on Monday.

By Yasmin El-rifae Nouakchott, Mauritania - At least ten people were injured on Wednesday when a Mauritania Airways passenger plane veered off the runway while landing at Conakry airport in Guinea.

The Plateau Criminal Court in Abidjan, the commercial capital of Cote d'Ivoire, on July 26, 2010 convicted three detained editors of the privately-owned Le Nouveau Courrier newspaper over a charge of an "administrative theft". The charge was as a result of the journalists' refusal to reveal their sources of information over a July 13 leaked report ...

President of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo attends the opening ceremony of the annual meeting of African Development Bank in Abidjan May 27, 2010.

A woman, contaminated by the dumping of toxic waste by the Probo Koala, a Panamanian-registered cargo ship operated by Trafigura in the Ivory Coast in 2006, poses with a check after she received indemnity.

Patrice Pohe, journalist and a communication adviser of Raymond Tchimou, the state prosecutor, was on July 21, 2010 arrested and detained on the orders of his boss for allegedly leaking the report about embezzlement in the cocoa and coffee sector of the country to the privately-owned Le Nouveau Courrier newspaper.

A Dutch court finedA commodities trader Trafigura 1 million euros yesterday for illegally exporting toxic waste to Ivory Coast whichA ended up being dumped in the open air.

Ivory Coast's Prime Minister former rebel leader Guillaume Soro attends a press conference on February 23, 2010 in Abidjan .

A Dutch court has fined the oil trading company Trafigura 1m for illegally exporting hazardous waste to west Africa.

With the British Empire long gone and American hegemony on the wane, English still straddles the globe.

One of Kenya's most popular league clubs, Gor Mahia FC, have landed an invitation to participate in a four-club international tournament to be played in Abidjan, the capital of Cote d'Ivoire, from September 14-20. The trip is fully paid for a contingent of 25 by Santa Cruz FC of Cote d'Ivoire. The other two clubs invited are Clube Cruzeiro Belo ...

ABIDJAN, 22 July 2010 - An outbreak of black pod disease in the southwestern cocoa-producing area of CA te d'Ivoire, is slashing harvests for thousands of local farmers.

Three editors of privately-owned daily, Le Noveau Courier newspaper detained by the Ivorian authorities for refusing to reveal their sources of information over a July 13 publication will appear before the Plateau Magistrate court in Abidjan, the capital on July 21.

There's a new e-mail scam going the rounds from someone purporting to be from the Ivory Coast who is looking for help investing $35.5 million to establish a medical institute in a foreign country.

A Dutch court will hand down judgment Friday in the first trial of a Swiss-based company whose chartered ship dumped waste alleged to have killed 17 people in Ivory Coast in 2006.

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An investigation into possible corruption has cleared Ivory Coast's Interior Minister Desire Tagro, a close aide of President Laurent Gbagbo, the public prosecutor's office said Monday.

Professional media organization in Cote d'Ivoire on July 16, 2010 issued an ultimatum to the Ivoirian authorities to free the three senior journalists of privately-owned daily, Le Noveau Courier newspaper being held for publishing a leaked report on corruption in the cocoa and coffee sector of the country.