Abidjan

Côte d'Ivoire: Porn display in news stands

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009

Le blog de Yoro [Fr] shows a picture of a news stand in Abidjan, wondering why pornographic publications are displayed so prominently.

Guinea's coup leader pledges fight against corruption

Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 27/12/2008

ABIDJAN, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Guinea's coup leader and ...

Power-sharing and Peace-building in Sierra Leone

Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 17/12/2008

Sierra Leone experienced an eleven-year civil war during the 1990’s between the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the Government of Sierra Leone. The two most important attempts at negotiating an end to the war were the 1996 Abidjan accord and the 1999 Lomé agreement. The 1996 agreement called for a power-sharing Commission for the Consolidation of Peace, inclusion of RUF in the Sierra Leonean army,...

CULTURE MAGAZINE: Marguerite Abouet's tales of Abidjan

France24 (Free subscription) | 17/12/2008

FRANCE 24's Culture magazine discovers the mystery of flamingos as revealed on screen by directors Matthew Aeberhard and Leander Ward, while Marguerite Abouet tells us about her latest graphic novel, Aya de Yopougon 4.

Cote D’Ivoire Government Urged to Cut Cocoa Taxes

Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 17/12/2008

World Bank (WB) operational Director in Abidjan, Madani Tall, has urged the Ivorian government to reduce “its cocoa levies so that farmers can earn the fruits of their labor.” “Beyond institutional reforms, it is important to reduce taxes so that maximum resources go to farmers. How much are Ivorian farmers earning from the price of cocoa?” [...]

Good Morning Abidjan

All Africa (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008

AT long last there was something to cheer the spirits of the long-suffering fans of the Warriors after a dismal year in which their

Ivory Coast prison protest ends

BBC News (Free subscription) | 14/12/2008

Calm returns to the main prison in Ivory Coast's commercial capital, Abidjan, after police put down a mass protest.

From Mr.Oliver Ibeh

newsletter archive (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008

From Mr.Oliver Ibeh Cocody Cites des Arts,Abidjan-CoteD'Ivoire To Whom It May Concern Permit me for using this media to write you, I am Mr.Oliver Ibeh, I work with Agricultural Finance Bank in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire as a project and investment officer.I am writing this letter on behalf of my client who owned one of the largest farm in Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire). My client,his wife and three children...

Raphael Lobé: time to curb worsening situation

People Daily (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008

Cote d'Ivoire is to beef up security in its economic capital Abidjan against rising criminal activities, the authority announced on Wednesday. Security forces will begin patrolling the city for a period of time in a move to curb the worsening situation, said Raphael Lobé, chief of the country's security operation center, while calling on citizens to maintain "calm and serenity." In the past two months,...

Cote d'Ivoire enrolls 1.5 mln in pre-election identification in Abidjan

People Daily (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008

A total of 1.5 million people have been enrolled in the pre-election identification for the past two weeks in Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, according to an official statement. "The Independent Electoral Commission states that by this day, 1.5 million people have been enrolled," organizers said in the statement on Monday. The city has opened 774 centers since the operation began for the...

The skyline of Abidjan

PRI's The World - (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008

“Why I blog about Africa”

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008

Abidjan-based blogger Théophile Kouamou asks fellow bloggers why they write about Africa: "Do we blog for the diaspora and for the world at large, cut off from our contemporary on the continent? Is blogging about Africa done in the same way as blogging about Europe or Asia? Does the African-oriented blogosphere have something specific to offer to the world version 2.0?"

Abidjan delivery truck

PRI's The World - (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008

against the death penalty...

Searching the Inner Me... (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008

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My daughters go very determined

Morocco Travel Information (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008

Forum of the University of Abidjan, between noon and two, Coach Akpa Giulia and her daughters are visiting. Certainly the last training session before the trip tonight on Morocco. For this final day of preparation, a test match is on the menu against the men's team to a training center. Opportunity for the coach of the Rombo Kpouèbo to make some adjustments. Sandrine Koffi (the reinforcement of Tiassalé...