President Alassane Ouattara has called on the country’s youth to vote in large numbers in the upcoming presidential election, touting himself as the candidate most committed to their welfare

As tension continues to mount in Ivory Coast ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, a gendarme has been shot and killed while on patrol in the south of the country.

Former President Laurent Gbagbo urged his supporters to oppose a 'fourth term' for the Ivory Coast's incumbent president.

Former President Laurent Gbagbo urged his supporters to oppose a 'fourth term' for the Ivory Coast's incumbent president.

Cote d’Ivoire’s presidential race is heating up with former minister Ahoua Don Mello announcing his candidacy for the October vote. Mello called it a 'precautionary candidacy' intended to fill the void after Gbagbo was barred from standing.

Gbagbo who ruled Ivory Coast from 2000 until he was forced from power in 2011 had ran to the continental court to challenge his disqualification from seeking the presidency over a criminal conviction

His 'Enough is Enough' campaign aims to put pressure on President Alassane Ouattara whose rule has delivered impressive economic growth but dogged by high poverty levels and a cost of living crisis

Tidjane Thiam, leader of Ivory Coast's main opposition party, has been removed from the electoral list ahead of the October 25 presidential election. On Tuesday, April 22, the court ruled that Thiam had lost his Ivorian nationality, a...

Tidjane Thiam, a former Credit Suisse CEO, won a near-unanimous vote to represent the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast in an upcoming presidential election, the party announced.

A judge in charge of emergency proceedings declared herself not competent to rule in the case brought by Valérie Yapo, who had sought the removal of the Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI) leader. While his boosts the former...

CLEAN : I. Coast's ex-first lady on trial for crimes against humanity

CLEAN: ICoast's Gbagbo faces crimes against humanity: ICC

CLEAN : I. Coasts ex-first lady on trial for crimes against humanity

CLEAN: Rival Ivory Coast regimes on collision course

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CLEAN : Trial of I.Coast's Simone Gbagbo enters second day

The trial of Moses Lida Kouassi an ex minister of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo and his three co accused of conspiracy against state authority begins in Abidjan

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An adviser to Ivory Coast's internationally recognised president said on Sunday that...

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SHOTLIST: NB: no slate at the start of story

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