Côte d’Ivoire: Unusual escape of a drug trafficker in Abidjan
A drug trafficker, who was serving a 10-year prison sentence, escaped from the Abidjan prison on Thursday 16 June. And the circumstances of this escape […]
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Cocaine seized in Côte d’Ivoire: Some 30 people arrested!
Thirty people have been arrested in Côte d’Ivoire since the seizure in mid-April of more than two tons of cocaine in the port cities of […]
Cameroon: a plane crashes in the forest with 11 people on board
A plane belonging to a private company that maintains hydrocarbon pipelines crashed on Wednesday in a forest in central Cameroon with 11 people on board, […]
Fight against desertification: COP 15 opens today in Abidjan
The objective of the COP15 which opens this Monday, May 9 in the Ivorian capital is to find ways to fight against the advancing desert, […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Abdoulaye Fofona, Guillaume Soro’s aide-de-camp arrested
A close friend of former Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, accused of plotting and living in exile for several years, has been arrested in Abidjan, […]
Femua opens May 10-15 with a dozen artists including Youssoupha
The Anoumabo Urban Music Festival (Femua), organized each year by the famous Ivorian group Magic System, will bring together a dozen artists including the French […]
AfCon 2023 in Ivory Coast: The president of CAF “reassured’’ by progress
The President of the Confederation of African Football, Patrice Motsepe, visiting Côte d’Ivoire, said he was “reassured” by the progress of infrastructure for the next […]
Ivorian customs seize 2 million euros and 84 kg of gold from two passengers coming from Benin
Two passengers who left Cotonou were arrested in Abidjan with hundreds of thousands of euros and tens of kilograms of gold. The two passengers left […]
First successful liver transplant in Ivory Coast
An Ivorian-Egyptian team successfully performed a liver transplant in Abidjan earlier this week. “The 60-year-old patient is doing well. The donor is also doing very […]
AfDB Forum in Abidjan cancelled due to health risks
The cancellation of the African Development Bank’s investment Forum is a consequence of the new Omicron variant. The annual meeting was to take place in […]