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Ivory Coast
International francophone body pays high-tension pre-election visit to Abidjan

Désiré Nyaruhirira, special adviser to the secretary general of the international organisation of francophone countries, the IOF, is due to meet PDCI candidate Henri Konan Bédié and representatives of the RHDP on Friday 30 October, just a few hours before the first round of voting in the presidential elections. [...]

Published on 30/10/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Senegal
Guns, gold and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Ivory Coast
International francophone body pays high-tension pre-election visit to Abidjan

Spotlight | Cameroon, Congo, DRC, Gabon
French international broadcaster TV5 Monde on controversial quest for African financing

Ivory Coast
Brussels provides €400,000 to finance Ivorian local elections

Africa
Francophonie chief Louise Mushikiwabo imposes her choice of number two on Canada

Guinea
OIF sends a new delegation to Conakry

Palace Intrigues
Emmanuel Macron, Tidjane Thiam, Mohammed VI

DRC
OIF sends team to Kinshasa for the state of play on 2023 Francophonie Games

Africa, France
Francophonie secretary of state Zacharopoulou appoints chief of staff

Ivory Coast
Secret conversations between Alassane Ouattara and Tidjane Thiam

Africa
OIF sets 2022 budget but leaves Djerba summit in suspense

Tunisia
Pressured by Macron, Saïed reluctantly cranks up OIF summit preparations

Tunisia
French ambassador Parant in a cold sweat over Francophonie summit

Spotlight | Africa, Rwanda
Major players in African finance to set up shop at Kagame's offshore centre in Kigali

Ivory Coast
Ouattara still master of negotiations with opposition

Ivory Coast
ECOWAS chair Nana Akufo-Addo sounds out member states over Ivory Coast presidential election

Ivory Coast
Macron's secret call with Ouattara as post-electoral storm brews

Ivory Coast
Ouattara manoeuvres to avoid election boycott

Ivory Coast
Ouattara's bid for third term deepens his diplomatic isolation

Ivory Coast
Presidential elections: Ouattara puts his money on a high abstention level

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Presidential elections: the spin doctors stirring a media war

Ivory Coast
Amid growing tension, French MP Bruno Fuchs takes pulse of presidential poll

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All eyes on Idemia as it revises voters list

Ivory Coast
Henri Konan Bédié ready for PDCI coronation on 12 June

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