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Ivory Coast

DDR caught up in France-US power play

A media outburst by French general Bruno Clement-Bollee was a keen illustration of the rivalry between Paris and Washington when it comes to security issues.

Subscribers only Politics 31.05.2017

Bictogo stopped by French customs at Charles de Gaulle airport

The head of the Snedai company, Ivory Coast businessman Adama Bictogo, was stopped by French customs as he was about [...]

Free access Politics 31.05.2017

Abidjan the epicenter of Talon-Ajavon rivalry

Benin’s president and his "best enemy" are competing with one another in business in Ivory Coast’s economic capital.

Subscribers only Business 31.05.2017

General Norlain still gets a hearing in Abidjan

Retired French general Jacques Norlan consulted with president Alassane Ouattara [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.05.2017

Donwahi in the cross-hairs

Reacting to the outbreak of new mutinies in mid-May, Alassane [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.05.2017

Ouattara turns up heat on ministers and political figures

President Alassane Ouattara was highly displeased when, in the midst [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.05.2017

Frederic Varlet, the prime minister’s new "white witch doctor"

French economist Frederic Varlet has joined the staff of advisers [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 31.05.2017

Is Siemens out to rattle GE’s position in Abidjan?

American giant General Electric (GE) is not prepared to sit back and watch as German rival Siemens seeks to unseat [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.05.2017

Traders and majors eager to pick up Petroci’s LPG activities

Ivorian energy and oil minister, Thierry Tanoh, has continued on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.05.2017

Double legal serving for Frank Timis

The Paris International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is finally about to start arbitral proceedings between the Burkinabe state and Pan [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Andrey Guryev expands his phosphates empire

Russian billionaire Andrey Guryev, one of the main shareholders and deputy chairman of the board of directors of phosphates and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Minister of water and forests knocks out miners

Though initially opposed to the move, the Ivorian minister of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Abidjan calls Accra to order over mining pollution

In late April, the Ivorian minister of industry and mines, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Stanislas de Stabenrath, mining network expert

In mid-June, gold producer Newcrest Mining will sponsor the next [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.05.2017

Relations between Ouattara and Soro at breaking point

Alassane Ouattara is furious with the army, composed as it is mainly of former rebels from Guillaume Soro’s Forces Nouvelles [...]

Subscribers only 17.05.2017

Charles Digby to answer to court

The CES chairman is due to appear in June in a case involving the sale of government real estate assets.

Subscribers only Politics 17.05.2017

Samuel Marechal pops up in Abidjan

The father of Marion Marechal-Le Pen, a major figure in France’s National Front party until only recently, is back in business after a fallow period.