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People Daily (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Some 2 million people have registered to vote ahead of long-delayed elections in Cote d'Ivoire, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cove d'Ivoire(UNOCI) said on Thursday. The elections are considered a key element in resolving a political crisis in 2002 which divided the West African country into a rebel-held north and government-controlled south, the mission said in a press release....
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Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cote d'Ivoire has had a conflict for the last six years. The war has plunged more people into poverty. The IRIN has results of a survey that has more statistics on the once prosperous country. Slightly under half of Côte d’Ivoire’s 20 million people are now below the poverty threshold, living on less than about US$1.25 per day - up from 38.4 percent in 2000 and the highest in 20 years, according...
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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...
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Congratulations Blog de Yoro[Fr], winner of the 2008 BOB award for Best Francophone Blog.
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Libyaonline.com (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Kings, Sultans , Emirs and Sheikhs of Africa taking part in the preparatory conference held in Cote d'Ivoire to establish mass gatherings at the continent's five regions prior to the next AU summit in Addis Ababa , sent a cable to the leader of the Revolution , which partly reads: . Leader, Muammar al-Gathafi, King of African Kings and Founder of Great African Union. While we are holding our...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Identification and voter registration in Côte d'Ivoire is progressing without major incident for long-delayed elections, a key element in resolving a political crisis that in 2002 divided the West African country into a rebel-held north and Government-controlled south, the United Nations has reported.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Cote d'Ivoire became the first country in Africa to sign an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union this week, prompting fears that the accord will prevent the country from developing closer ties with its neighbours.
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Global News Blog (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Global News Blog / IPS David Cronin BRUSSELS, Nov 28 (IPS) - Cote d’Ivoire became the first country in Africa to sign an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union this week, prompting fears that the accord will prevent the country from developing closer ties with its neighbours. More than 80 percent of the taxes [...]
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) announced today that almost 2 million people have been identified and registered to vote ahead of long-delayed elections, a key element in resolving a political crisis that in 2002 divided the West African country into a rebel-held north and Government-controlled south.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
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...
