Tag: Ivory Coast
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How Cocoa Beans Beat Bitcoin: The Sweetest Investment of 2024
How Cocoa Beans Beat Bitcoin: The Sweetest Investment of 2024 In a surprising turn of events, cocoa beans—humble seeds that fuel the global chocolate industry—have outshined Bitcoin as the best-performing commodity of 2024. While the world watched Bitcoin smash records, briefly soaring past the $100,000 mark in December, cocoa quietly made an even bigger leap.…
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Ivory Coast: opposition coalition calls for electoral reform ahead of presidential election
Ivory Coast’s “coalition for peaceful change” or CAP Côte d’Ivoire, called for electoral reform ahead of the crucial vote for the next president, set to take place on 25 October 2025. Among the recently-formed group’s demands for change are notably a revision of the electoral lists and the publication of election results by polling station.…
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🇨🇮 France Returns Last Military Base to Ivory Coast, Marking End of an Era
On February 20, 2025, France officially handed over its sole remaining military base in Ivory Coast, the Port-Bouet military camp, to local authorities. This marks the end of decades of French military presence in the country, symbolizing a new chapter in bilateral relations. The ceremony, attended by defense ministers from both nations, included a symbolic…
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🇨🇮 Inside Ivory Coast’s Abidjan Prison: A Glimpse Into Life Behind Bars
Nestled on the edge of the Banco Forest in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, stands the largest prison in West Africa: the Abidjan Prison. Designed to house 1,500 inmates, it now holds over 5,000, making it a stark symbol of the challenges facing the region’s justice and penal systems. This overcrowded prison offers a rare and thought-provoking…
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🇫🇷 🇨🇮 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 Côte d’Ivoire 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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🇨🇮 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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