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Ivory Coast Cup of Nations hero Haller to miss next two friendlies

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IVORY Coast’s Africa Cup of Nations hero Sebastien Haller will miss his country’s next two internationals this month because of injury, new coach Emerse Fae said as he named his squad for friendlies against Benin and Uruguay. Haller, who resurrected his career at Borussia Dortmund after testicular cancer, scored the winner for the Ivorians as they beat Nigeria 2-1 in last month’s final in Abidjan. He had missed the early stage of the tournament in the Ivory Coast because of an ankle injury but recovered to score two vital goals including the winner in the final as the hosts claimed the title…

Mar

11

2024

Ex-Ivory Coast President Gbagbo agrees to contest 2025 election

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FORMER Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo agreed to lead the party he founded into the 2025 presidential elections, spokesman Katinan Kone told Reuters following a meeting of the party's central committee. Gbagbo, president of the West African country from 2000 to 2011, launched his African People's Party - Cote d'Ivoire (PPA-CI) in 2021 following his acquittal on war crimes charges by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and return from a decade abroad. He was acquitted in 2019 by the Netherlands-based ICC on charges relating to his role in a civil war sparked by his refusal to concede defeat in an…

Feb

18

2024

IMF reaches staff-level agreement with Ivory Coast for $1.3 bln resilience, sustainability facility

BUSINESS

THE International Monetary Fund said that it had reached a staff-level agreement with Ivory Coast for a $1.3 billion programme to fight climate change supported by the fund's Resilience and Sustainability Facility. Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa grower, is exposed and vulnerable to climate change, the IMF said in a statement. "Rising temperatures, rainfall disruptions, flooding, rising sea levels and coastal erosion are major challenges and represent recurring risks for resilient, sustainable and inclusive economic growth," the fund said. The reform measures between 2024 and 2026 will support Ivory Coast's actions to strengthen climate change adaptation and mitigation, particularly…

Feb

18

2024

Ivory Coast seizes 100 tons of cocoa at the border with Guinea

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IVORY Coast's Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) has helped the national police to seize three trucks loaded with 1,500 bags of cocoa beans on the border with Guinea, the regulator's managing director said. Low farmgate prices compared with neighbouring countries have made the West African nation, the world's top producer of the main ingredient in chocolate, a target for smugglers from neighbouring Liberia and Guinea where beans fetch higher prices. A kilogram of cocoa currently costs between 1,600 CFA francs and 1,700 CFA francs ($2.63-$2.80) in Guinea and Liberia due to the rise in global prices, according to cooperatives and…

Feb

13

2024

Ivory Coast relief after winning Cup of Nations

IVORY Coast’s success at the Africa Cup of Nations was all about taking advantage of second chances, but after coming from behind to beat Nigeria in Sunday's final, relief was the overwhelming emotion, winning coach Emerse Fae said. The host nation completed a fairytale recovery after coming close to early elimination, fighting their way back from a goal down in three of their four knockout matches before securing the trophy with a 2-1 success in Sunday’s final at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium. Fae started the tournament as assistant to Jean-Louis Gasset but took over when the veteran French coach was…

Feb

10

2024

Ivory Coast’s place in Cup of Nations final ends home misery

IVORY Coast ended almost two decades of home misery at the Africa Cup of Nations by becoming the first tournament host to reach the final since Egypt in 2006. It has been one of the many peculiarities of the African championship that host countries have struggled for success despite having all the advantages of playing at home. The Ivorians' 1-0 win over the Democratic Republic of Congo in Wednesday’s semi-final has set up a decider against regional rivals Nigeria in Abidjan on Sunday and the chance to deliver on an investment in stadiums and other infrastructure estimated to be over…

Feb

07

2024

Ivory Coast fancied to continue Cup of Nations revival

HOSTS Ivory Coast are fancied to continue their remarkable revival at the Africa Cup of Nations and ride a frenzied wave of home support as they seek a place in the final with victory over the Democratic Republic of Congo. The two meet in Abidjan on Wednesday just hours after Nigeria face South Africa in Bouake in the first semi-final. The winners advance to Sunday’s final in Abidjan. The Ivorians have put aside their stuttering start to the tournament, including a humiliating 4-0 loss in the group stage to tiny Equatorial Guinea, to reach the final four, roared on by…

Jan

27

2024

Ivory Coast seek reset but in-form Senegal await

HOSTS Ivory Coast gets to push a reset button after escaping early elimination at the Africa Cup of Nations and squeezing into the last 16 of their own tournament as a lucky loser. There will be no easy route to redemption, however, after a humiliating 4-0 loss to Equatorial Guinea left them third in their group and waiting for Zambia’s defeat by Morocco to confirm the Ivorians' place in the knockout stage as one of the four best third-placed finishers. They have been drawn in the last 16 in Yamoussoukro on Monday against holders Senegal, the only side to have…

Jan

24

2024