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Ouattara’s fourth term bid met with resistant protest

Andrew Mbeki August 10, 2025

Ivory Coast Thousands of Ivorians took to the streets in Abidjan, the capital of the West African nation, to protest against the exclusion of opposition leaders from the upcoming presidential election. Ivory Coast, the biggest economy of francophone West Africa, is due to hold a presidential

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Low rainfall damages crops in Ivory Coast

Andrew Mbeki July 28, 2025

Ivory Coast Cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast say a cold spell and lack of rainfall could lead to crop damage and reduced expectations for the October to March harvest. Rainfall was well below average last week across most of Ivory Coast’s main cocoa-growing regions, while a cold spell has raised concerns among farmers about potential […]

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Ex president Gbagbo form a united opposition front in Ivory Coast

Saad Huzaifa June 21, 2025

Ivory Coast The two opposition parties excluded from the forthcoming presidential election in Ivory Coast have formed an alliance demanding to be allowed to participate in the polls. The alliance aims to demand that its leaders, Laurent Gbagbo and Tidjane Thiam, be allowed to run in the next presidential election and that other opposition candidates […]