Ivory Coast

  • Jan 9, 2009
  • 2 min read

IVORY COAST: CEI faults funding gap for poll delays

Reports yesterday indicate that the government has allocated 1 billion CFA francs (2.1 million...

Ivory Coast
  • Nov 11, 2008
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IVORY COAST: Poll delay underscores challenges

On November 10, Ivory Coast formally announced the latest postponement of its critical...

Ivory Coast
  • Nov 4, 2008
  • 8 min read

PROSPECTS 2009: West African stability concerns grow

After a year characterised by soaring food and fuel import costs as well as strong commodity...

  • Oct 31, 2008
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WEST AFRICA: Ivorian cocoa faces regional competition

With top world producer Ivory Coast launching the reform of an industry that has had to survive...

  • Oct 20, 2008
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IVORY COAST: Election postponement again likely

Plans to hold presidential elections on November 30 are now "technically impossible", an official...

Ivory Coast
  • Oct 13, 2008
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IVORY COAST: New Forces push for poll delay

The former rebel New Forces (FN) requested on Saturday that the Independent Electoral Commission...

Ivory Coast
  • Sep 23, 2008
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IVORY COAST: Government boosts cocoa/coffee oversight

The government yesterday scrapped the four parastatal companies which had overseen the cocoa and...

Ivory Coast
  • Sep 18, 2008
  • 7 min read

WEST AFRICA: Mauritania raises fears of new coup surge

The August coup in Mauritania was Africa's first successful coup d'etat since that country's...

West Africa