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

YoopyaDecember 23, 2023December 23, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 23, 2023December 23, 20230415

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

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West African leaders lift economic and financial sanctions on Mali

YoopyaJuly 4, 2022April 6, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 4, 2022April 6, 20230393

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...

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Ivory Coast Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko dies in Germany at 56

YoopyaMarch 11, 2021June 30, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 11, 2021June 30, 2023019

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...

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Analysis: War-scarred Ivory Coast reopens for business

YoopyaFebruary 10, 2014May 19, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 10, 2014May 19, 202303

(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...

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Ivory Coast stampede death toll rises

kiemtarJanuary 2, 2013January 2, 2013

by kiemtarJanuary 2, 2013January 2, 201303

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...

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Ouattara dissolves Ivorian government over marriage law

kiemtarNovember 15, 2012May 18, 2023

by kiemtarNovember 15, 2012May 18, 202306

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...

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Ivorian reggae singers bury rivalry for “peace” tour

YoopyaNovember 7, 2012April 12, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 7, 2012April 12, 202301393

(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...

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

YoopyaJune 27, 2012

by YoopyaJune 27, 201202

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...