Tag: Ivory Coast
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ย ๐ซ๐ท ๐จ๐ฎ Frances Decline in West Africa: The Unraveling of a Colonial Grip
By Panafrican.Email News Team The winds of change blow fiercely through the Sahel and West Africa. In a move that shakes the foundations of decades-old geopolitical dynamics, Ivory Coast has joined a growing list of nations severing military ties with France. President Alassane Ouattara, in a symbolic end-of-year address, announced that French forces would withdraw…
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The secrets behind the Abidjan-Ouagadougou prisoner exchange
The recent Abidjan-Ouagadougou prisoner exchange involved intricate diplomatic and political negotiations reflecting both regional cooperation and underlying tensions between Cรดte dโIvoire and Burkina Faso. Key Details of the Exchange: This prisoner exchange underscores the complexities of West African regional diplomacy, particularly in balancing internal politics with international relations.
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๐จ๐ฎ Ivory Coast’s Ouattara takes up third Sub-Saharan Africa seat on IMF executive board
Ivory Coast’s Wautabouna Ouattara has become the third director for Sub-Saharan Africa on the International Monetary Fund’s executive board as the lender of last resort boosts the region’s voice in its policy making processes. The new position on the executive board, which oversees the day-to-day business of the fund, brings the total number of executive…
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33 trucks with smuggled cocoa beans found in Ivory Coast
The Ivory Coast Coffee and Cocoa Board has identified 33 trucks carrying around 1,100 tonnes of smuggled cocoa beans across the border with Guinea. Cocoa smuggling in the region has increased following poor harvests in Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world’s second-largest producers. The decline in production has led to a supply shortage in the…
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Western missionaries accused of fueling ethnic tensions in West Africa
Western missionaries operating in West Africa have increasingly been accused of fueling ethnic and social tensions, exploiting communities, and engaging in corrupt practices. The most recent controversy centers on Lucas Richards, an American missionary in Liberia, who was arrested for attempting to kill his Liberian wife, Jessica Lloyd. This violent act has exposed deeper concerns…
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Ivory Coast president Ouattara’s party pushes him to run again
Ivory Coast’s ruling party has expressed its support for President Alassane Ouattara seeking a fourth term in 2025, making it more likely that the 82-year-old will run again. Ouattara, who was re-elected for a contested third term in 2020, has said he would like to step down, but also suggested he would need old rivals…
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WHO says Africa’s Ivory Coast reports cases of mpox Clade 2
The World Health Organization said on Thursday that Africa’s Ivory Coast has reported cases of mpox Clade 2 for the first time since the start of the multi-country outbreak in 2022.
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Ivory Coast rolls out malaria vaccine drive targeting children
Health workers in Ivory Coast began vaccinations on Monday against malaria, the leading cause of death of children in the country, as the government added the malaria vaccine to the list of routine vaccinations for children. The West African country became the first to start rolling out the newest shot targeting malaria in an effort…
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Low prices, pay delays drive Ghana cocoa farmers to smugglers
Low prices and payment delays are pushing Ghana’s cocoa farmers to sell to increasingly sophisticated smuggling rings, siphoning off production from border areas and raising doubt over next season’s output, growers and officials say. Failure to end the financing logjam and close the gap between Ghana’s official price and the amount paid by traffickers, they…
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Conseil Cafรฉ-Cacao declares war on cocoa operators with Lebanese ties
Yves Konรฉ, the head of the cocoa industry watchdog, has suspended the operations of several cooperatives that are suspected of buying and reselling beans above the regulated price. The Conseil Cafรฉ-Cacao (CCC), which is run by Yves Brahima Konรฉ, has removed sales and purchase codes from some forty cocoa cooperatives suspected of secretly working with operators belonging to…
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