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news from Côte d'Ivoire
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Found 93 articles.
- Vol 49 No 20
- 03/10/2008
Spreading toxicity
A new round of legal action against local and foreign companies accused of dumping toxic waste in Côte d'Ivoire which killed 16 people in 2006 could have serious political and commercial repercussions (AC Vol 47 No 20). Customs officials and exec...
- Vol 49 No 14
- 04/07/2008
Democratic deficit
Leaders send out mixed signals on whether elections will take place this year
- Vol 49 No 14
- 04/07/2008
Skimming a bad system
Côte d'Ivoire's Public Prosecutor, Raymond Tchimou, is leading a crackdown on corruption in the cocoa industry, which accounts for 40% of world supply. On 13 June, Tchimou announced the findings of an enquiry ordered by President Laurent Gbagbo t...
- Vol 49 No 14
- 04/07/2008
Ivorian auction
The wealth of Côte d'Ivoire's defunct founding father, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, was on display at an auction in the historic French town of Fontainebleau on 29 June. The sale of exquisite, prized pieces of furniture, art works and tap...
- Vol 49 No 9
- 25/04/2008
It's not over yet
Postponed elections and continuing violence cast a long shadow over hopes for peace
- Vol 48 No 20
- 05/10/2007
A do-it-yourself peace
Our accord is a model for all, President Gbagbo tells the UN – but the hardest test is yet to come as election preparations begin
- Vol 48 No 20
- 05/10/2007
The 'Soro ranks'
When the war broke out in 2002, those soldiers who defected from the national army to the rebels were rewarded by promotion; they now insist they should keep their higher ranks in the planned, post-conflict, unified army. Loyalists do not accept this. ...
- Vol 48 No 12
- 08/06/2007
Blood chocolate
Chocolate sales could dive after a report that Ivorian rebels may earn more from taxes on cocoa beans than from 'blood diamonds'.
- Vol 48 No 11
- 25/05/2007
The Bank test
One of the best tests of the peace accords is whether they prompt the African Development Bank to return to Abidjan. It moved to Tunisia in June 2003, after the Ivorian civil war erupted in 2002. The ADB has since dodged a decision by annually extendin...
- Vol 48 No 9
- 27/04/2007
Oiling the wheels of peace
Rapidly rising oil earnings could help to restore Côte d'Ivoire's status as the economic giant of Francophone West Africa.
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