The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the countryâs premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
Ecowas Peace Mission In Ivory Coast May Not…
Violence erupted in Ivory Coast as elections campaign took an unexpected turn as a city in northern Abidjan was attacked. While the savagery seemed unconstrained, local alliance ECOWAS is stressed. It has dispatched a designation…
NEWS: A new museum for contemporary art in…
A thick layer of black paint, a giant canvas painted red... The talents of Abobo, in Ivory Coast, are expressing themselves. The painters are telling the stories of their hometown, with its colours and characters,…
Ivory Coast opens 60,000-seater stadium ahead of AFCON…
Ivory Coast inaugurated Saturday its new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium, built with the help of China, in Ebimpe, on the outskirts of Abidjan, in preparation for the African Cup of Nations soccer in 2023. The ceremony,…
Major boost to farmers, Ivory Coast sets new…
The price of cocoa paid to farmers for the 2020-2021 harvest in Ivory Coast, the world's largest producer, has been set at 1,000 CFA francs (1.52 euros) per kilo, up 21%, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara…
Sports: Didier Drogba wins the 2020 UEFA President’s…
Former Chelsea star, Didier Drogba has won the 2020 UEFA President's Award. The UEFA disclosed this in a statement released via an official Twitter account on Wednesday. The statement read "Didier is a hero to…
Ivory Coast: African Court of Justice Deems Gbagbo…
The African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights dominated on Friday to reject the exclusion of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo from the upcoming presidential elections of October 31 â ordering the Ivorian nation to…
Pascal Affi N’Guessan Heeds Anti-Ouattara Civil Disobedience Calls
Opposition Unite? Former Ivorian Prime Minister and candidate for the upcoming presidential election on October 31, Pascal Affi N'Guessan, 67, is yet another politician declaring his outrage at the Constitutional Councilâs decision to deem the…
Sports: Mikel Agu returns ahead of Super Eagles…
Mikel Agu returned to Super Eagles as Genort Rohr named 24 others for Cote dâIvoire, Tunisia friendlies in October. The 27-year-old VitĂłria de GuimarĂŁes midfielder did no longer make the closing cut to the 2018…
Breaking: Pro-Ouattara supporters rally In Paris ahead of…
Supporters of the current Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara gathered in Paris to show their support to their candidate. Ouattara who came to power in 2010, following the refusal of former president Laurent Gbagbo to…
France recalls Ivory Coast ambassador Gilles Huberson, reasons…
France has recalled its ambassador in Ivory Coast Gilles Huberson, just a few weeks before the country's heavily awaited elections. Following Ouattara's official declaration as a candidate to a third mandate, protesters took their anger…
Politics: Ouattara and only 3 More Approved to…
The Constitutional Council, the top court in Cote dâIvoire has officially validated the presidential candidacy bid of current President Alassane Ouattara who seeks a contentious third term â clearing only four of the 44 candidates…
Ivorian Abobo Town Gets a Sublime Makeover
Yellow, red, green... this is the new face of the town of Abobo after the operation "Abobo ĂȘ zo," which means âAbobo is pretty!â An operation initiated by the town hall and financed by private…
Ivory Coast: PDCIâs Henri BĂ©diĂ© Inaugurated into Presidential…
Jovial commotion on the streets of Yamoussoukro, Cote dâIvoire as supporters celebrated on Saturday the presidential candidate nomination inauguration of former head of state Henri Konan BĂ©diĂ© by his political party â and the main…
Latest film by Ivorian Philippe LacĂŽte debuts at…
The French-Ivorian director Philippe LacĂŽte is back with his second film, The Night of Kings. It tells the story of Roman, a young member of the violent "microbes" gang, who is emprisoned in Abidjan's famous…
Gbagbo and Soro Officially Back in the Presidential…
Initial Bid Rejection Two more candidates are officially in the running to be president in Cote dâIvoire in time for the Monday night submission deadline. Both candidacy bids were filed in their absence and in…
Cote d’Ivoire: Deadline for presidential aspirants
The schedule for submitting candidacy papers to run for Octoberâs presidential election in Cote dâIvoire ends by midnight. At least 36 candidates are expected to be registered by the end the day for the presidential…
Ivory Coast: Gbagbo Axed by IEC from Electoral…
Laurent Gbagbo, the former Ivorian President, has been irrevocably removed from the electoral listing and hence, will no longer be able to present himself in the upcoming presidential elections per an Ivorian judiciary ruling that…
NEWS: At least six people killed in clashes…
At least six human beings have now been killed in three days of clashes in Ivory Coast as protestors took to the streets following President Alassane Ouattara's choice to run for a 1/3 term this…
