Ivory Coast

  • Feb 22, 2013
  • 7 min read

Ivory Coast is showing some reconciliation gains

Former president Laurent Gbagbo faced preliminary hearings this week before the International...

Ivory Coast
  • Jan 4, 2013
  • 2 min read

Ivorian cocoa reform seeks long-term gains

The Coffee and Cocoa Council told Reuters yesterday that the body expected the country's cocoa...

Ivory Coast
  • Nov 7, 2012
  • 7 min read

Ivory Coast's recovery belies future stability risks

This month marks two years since the election result which, after five months of ensuing civil...

Ivory Coast
  • Sep 27, 2012
  • 7 min read

Competition grows for West Africa ports investment

West Africa's sustained high GDP growth rates through much of the last decade have led to...

West Africa
  • Aug 30, 2012
  • 6 min read

West Africa's ECOWAS struggling to repeat past success

The 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a long way from achieving its...

West Africa
  • Aug 23, 2012
  • 6 min read

Surge in violence mars Ivory Coast outlook

Armed men on August 18 attacked the Abidjan headquarters of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), the...

Ivory Coast
  • Aug 16, 2012
  • 7 min read

Organised crime entwines with state in West Africa

The dynamics of transnational organised crime have shifted over the past five years, with a...

West Africa
  • Aug 15, 2012
  • 2 min read

Pest worry may dent Ivory Coast cocoa revenue

The government said yesterday that it has launched an investigation into claims that last week's...

Ivory Coast