Alassane Ouattara – Page 12

Côte d’Ivoire: Incumbent Ouattara promises new constitution if re-elected

October 20, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara said on Monday he would push for constitutional reform if he wins re-election this week to scrap a nationality clause that […]

Ivorian opposition member to withdraw from ‘undemocratic’ presidential poll

October 7, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

Former Ivory Coast Foreign Minister Amara Essy has suspended his participation, as an opposition candidate, in the October presidential election, saying the process was undemocratic […]

Côte d’Ivoire seeks partners to take over Versus Bank

June 26, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The spokesman for the Government of Côte d’Ivoire has announced in a statement that the government plans to issue an international call for tenders as […]

Côte d’Ivoire: IMF forecasts 7.9% growth in 2015

June 17, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

Côte d’Ivoire ‘s economy will expand by 7.9 percent this year and by an average of 7.6 percent in 2016 and 2017, the International Monetary […]

Ivory Coast: Ex- First lady imprisoned, national reconciliation fragile as election nears

March 11, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

Simone Gbagbo, wife of former president Laurent Gbagbo, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for disturbing the peace, forming and organizing armed gangs and […]

Ivory Coast: Ouattara’s rebels defying him, Government still in control

December 22, 2014 Steven Addamah 0

Former Ivory Coast rebels whose support helped bring Alassane Ouattara to power are increasingly wreaking havoc, with the government seemingly unable to rein them in. […]

Ivory Coast : Soldiers take to the streets for unpaid allowances

November 19, 2014 Steven Addamah 0

Ivorian soldiers have demonstrated in several cities within the country as they intensify their desperate demand for unpaid allowances. Several shops and offices were closed […]

Bolloré Africa Logistics to invest 230 Million Euros in Côte d’Ivoire

June 20, 2012 Geraldine Boechat 0

The African arm of France’s Groupe Bolloré—Bolloré Africa Logistics (BAL)—is planning to invest some 230 million Euros in Côte d’Ivoire over the five coming years. […]