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Newcastle United’s Cheick Tiote in fraud arrest

YoopyaFebruary 15, 2013

by YoopyaFebruary 15, 201300

Newcastle United player Cheick Tiote has had his car seized by police after being arrested on suspicion of fraud. The 26-year-old midfielder was stopped by...

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Ivory Coast man sets himself alight at Rome airport

YoopyaFebruary 15, 2013

by YoopyaFebruary 15, 201303

An Ivorian man about to be deported from Italy has set himself alight at Fiumicino airport in the capital, Rome, Italian media has reported. A...

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Ivory Coast stampede survivors blame barricades

YoopyaJanuary 2, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 2, 201302

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Survivors of a stampede in Ivory Coast that killed 61 people, most of them children and teenagers, after a New...

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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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Ivory Coast mourns after new year stampede in Abidjan

YoopyaJanuary 2, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 2, 2013011

Three days of mourning have been declared in Ivory Coast following a New Year’s Eve stampede that killed at least 61 people in Abidjan. Hundreds...

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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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EU chief pledges help for Abidjan

kiemtarOctober 26, 2012October 26, 2012

by kiemtarOctober 26, 2012October 26, 201203

Abidjan – European Union Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso pledged 115-million euros in support to Ivory Coast during a visit to the West African country...

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UN says 7 peacekeepers killed in Ivory Coast

YoopyaJune 9, 2012

by YoopyaJune 9, 2012068

By Joe Bavier and Louis Charbonneau ABIDJAN/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Seven United Nations peacekeepers were killed in an ambush in Ivory Coast on Friday while...

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Ivory Coast hit by late withdrawals for friendly

YoopyaFebruary 29, 2012April 7, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 29, 2012April 7, 202301342

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – English Premier League trio Salomon Kalou and the Toure brothers, Kolo and Yaya, became the latest players to withdraw from the Ivory...