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Tensions rise over still unpaid bonuses to Ivory Coast mutineers

Ivory Coast's government has yet to pay bonuses promised to soldiers to end a two-day army revolt, mutineers said on Tuesday, and confusion over...

Ivory Coast President Ouattara names ex-PM his new vice president

The former Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Daniel Kablan Duncan has been named as the country’s vice president. The Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara named Mr....

Three security chiefs in Ivory Coast sacked by the president over army mutiny

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara dismissed the heads of the army, police and gendarmes on Monday after a two-day military mutiny that spread unrest...

Prime Minister of Ivory Coast resigns and dissolves government

Ivory Coast Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan.    The Prime Minister of Ivory Coast on Monday dissolved the government and tendered in his resignation. Reuters reported that...

Calm returns to the streets of Ivory Coast cities after soldier mutiny

Ivory Coast's Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi speaks to the press, in Bouake, Ivory Coast. Photo Credit: Reuters   The streets of Ivory Coast's second-largest city Bouake were...

Unrest hits Ivory Coast’s main city as army revolt spreads

A convoy of the United Nation peacekeepers from Senegal is seen parked along a road in Bouake, Ivory Coast. Photo Credit: Reuters.    Mutinying soldiers entered Ivory...

Ex-Soldiers take over Ivorian City of Bouake as they make salary demands

Ex-soldiers have taken over the city of Bouake, in Ivory Coast after firing shots on Friday while looting the city’s police station of arms.   Reuters...

Ivory Coast national team gets €6m budget to defend AFCON title

The Ivorian government has allocated a budget of around six million euros (3.9 billion CFA francs) for the national team’s African Cup of Nations...

China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017

Kenya set alight 105 tonnes of ivory tusks in April to help tackle the illegal trade. Photo Credit: AFP China has announced a ban on...

Zaha named by Ivory Coast in Nations Cup squad

Wilfried Zaha was named on Wednesday by the Ivory Coast in a 24-man preliminary squad for the African Nations Cup finals, days after meeting...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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