Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1905-1993), the first President of Côte d’Ivoire
Félix Houphouët-Boigny is thought to have been born on 18 Oct. 1905 in the town of Yamoussoukro. The son of ...
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Côte d’Ivoire: Ex Portuguese PM wins Houphouet Boigny Prize
Former Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa was named the 2024 UNESCO – Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize winner on 16 October. ...
Ivory Coast former minister seeks presidential nomination, challenges ex-banker Thiam
Ivory Coast's former trade minister Jean-Louis Billon said on Friday he would seek the nomination of the opposition PDCI party ...
Ivory Coast president Ouattara’s party pushes him to run again
Ivory Coast's ruling party has expressed its support for President Alassane Ouattara seeking a fourth term in 2025, making it ...
Ivorian farmers turn to new rice variety for increased yields and profit
Ivorian rice farmer Francois Kasse Yao has struggled to make ends meet with only one harvest per year before he ...
Guinea secures $14m loan for industry, SMEs
A $14 million loan from the African Development Fund was approved on 25 June in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire to support ...
As they connect continents, undersea cables for Africa’s internet retrace history and create digital gaps
By Jess Auerbach Jahajeeah* Large parts of west and central Africa, as well as some countries in the south of ...
Ex-Cote d’Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo agrees to contest 2025 election
Former Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) President Laurent Gbagbo agreed on Saturday to lead the party he founded into the 2025 ...
Cote d’Ivoire discovers new oil, gas field
The Italian oil company Eni, in partnership with Petroci Holding, has made a major new hydrocarbon discovery called CALAO on ...
Moody’s upgrades Côte d’Ivoire’s credit rating
This move positions Côte d’Ivoire as the second best credit rating in Sub-Saharan Africa, behind Botswana and alongside South Africa. ...
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