Six killed in Ivory Coast town ahead of presidential election
AT least six people have been killed in a port town in southern Ivory Coast this week, the mayor said
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One killed as pre-election protests spread in Ivory Coast
ANGE ABOA ONE person was killed and several injured when security forces opened fire on protesters in the southeast of
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Ivory Coast president’s supporters and opponents clash ahead of election
ANGE ABOA LOCAL offices of Ivory Coast’s ruling party were ransacked and the house of an opponent of President Alassane
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Ivory Coast leader rejects talks as rivals seek vote boycott
ANGE ABOA IVORY Coast President Alassane Ouattara has rejected calls for negotiations from rivals urging a boycott of an October
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Ivory Coast opposition rallies against President Ouattara’s third term bid
LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY THOUSANDS of opposition supporters rallied in the Ivory Coast’s commercial capital on Saturday to protest against President Alassane
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Eighteen Burkinabe nationals die in Ivory Coast bus crash
EIGHTEEN Burkinabe nationals died when a bus they were travelling in crashed near the town of Bouake in central Ivory
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Pandemic pushes forward new generation of African cyclists
LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY WEARING a bright green helmet, cyclist Andy Costa weaves a dangerous path through trucks barrelling down the streets
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Pandemic spurs Africa’s mobile telcos to ramp up banking bid
NQOBILE DLUDLA, EMMA RUMNEY and MEDIA COULIBALY WHEN COVID-19 hit Ivory Coast, Bonaventure Kra, who works at an import-export business,
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Ivory Coast opposition calls for protests to stop Ouattara’s third term bid
ANGE ABOA IVORY Coast’s main presidential election challenger and a group of opposition parties have called for a civil disobedience
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Ivory Coast council approves President Ouattara for third term bid
IVORY Coast’s Constitutional Council ruled that President Alassane Ouattara is eligible to run for a third term in the October
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