Ivory Coast

 

Ivory Coast's drive to reclaim national parks may hit cocoa output

ABIDJAN, June 13 - A drive by Ivory Coast authorities to reclaim land in national parks on which about 2,000 farmers have planted crops could hurt output of cocoa in the world's top producing nation, exporters said.


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Ivory Coast's Palmci Q1 net profit slides 35 pct

June 13 - Ivory Coast natural palm oil producer Palmci's first quarter net profit plunged 35 percent year-on-year due to low palm oil prices, the company said on Thursday.

Africa 13 Jun 2013

Ethiopia continue resurgence with World Cup win

DURBAN - Congo, Ivory Coast and Tunisia took giant leaps on Saturday towards winning their World Cup qualifying groups although they were all overshadowed by the exploits of a resurgent Ethiopia.

Sports, 08 Jun 2013

WRAPUP 1-Soccer-Ethiopia continue resurgence with World Cup win

DURBAN, June 8 - Congo, Ivory Coast and Tunisia took giant leaps on Saturday towards winning their World Cup qualifying groups although they were all overshadowed by the exploits of a resurgent Ethiopia.

08 Jun 2013

Didier Drogba takes stake in Ivory Coast gold mine

ABIDJAN - Former Chelsea star Didier Drogba has taken a stake in an Ivory Coast gold mine, the latest sign of his increasing engagement in his homeland which is recovering from a decade of crisis that ended in a brief 2011 war.

Sports, 07 Jun 2013

ICC takes more time to build case against Ivory Coast's Gbagbo

AMSTERDAM - Judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday gave prosecutors until November to rescue their case against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, saying the evidence submitted so far was not strong enough to merit a trial.

World, Africa 03 Jun 2013

Drogba to return to Ivory Coast national team in August

- Didier Drogba will return to international football in August, Ivory Coast coach Sabri Lamouchi said as he sought to end speculation over supposed tension between himself and his captain.

Sports, 03 Jun 2013

Soccer-Drogba to return to Ivory Coast national team in August

June 3 - Didier Drogba will return to international football in August, Ivory Coast coach Sabri Lamouchi said as he sought to end speculation over supposed tension between himself and his captain.

03 Jun 2013

Insight: Nigerian pirate gangs extend reach off West Africa

ABIDJAN - As the afternoon sun glinted off the waters in Ivory Coast's port of Abidjan, a team of gendarmes set out in a leaky wooden pirogue with no weapons and nothing more than mobile phones for communication.

Special Reports, Africa 29 May 2013

Insight - Nigerian pirate gangs extend reach off West Africa

ABIDJAN - As the afternoon sun glinted off the waters in Ivory Coast's port of Abidjan, a team of gendarmes set out in a leaky wooden pirogue with no weapons and nothing more than mobile phones for communication.

Africa, World 29 May 2013
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Obama challenges Russia to agree to deeper nuclear weapon cuts

BERLIN - U.S. President Barack Obama used a speech in Berlin on Wednesday to call on Russia to revive the push for a world without nuclear weapons, offering to cut deployed nuclear arsenals by a third, but Moscow immediately poured scorn on his proposal.