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Gbagbo probes corruption in cocoa, coffee industry

Côte d’Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo has called for an investigation into long-standing accusations that cocoa and coffee boards have embezzled funds meant to aid the producers…

Côte d’Ivoire has new lead on missing journalist

Côte d’Ivoire’s Justice Department is pursuing a new lead in the disappearance of a French-Canadian journalist, the state prosecutor said on Saturday. Guy-Andre Kieffer, who had…

Côte d’Ivoire gets new govt of national unity

War-divided Côte d’Ivoire announced a 32-member unity government that includes rebel, opposition party and ruling party ministers and represents a rare firm step toward…

Côte d’Ivoire accused of recruiting child soldiers

An international rights group accused Côte d’Ivoire on Friday of recruiting former child soldiers and other fighters from neighbouring Liberia, luring them with offers of cash,…

Côte d’Ivoire leaders in SA as hundreds flee

Airliners were shuttling hundreds of trapped foreigners out of Côte d’Ivoire on Thursday, as South Africa convened urgent peace talks on a crisis that it said threatens to…

‘More than 500’ wounded in Abidjan unrest

French armoured vehicles took up positions near the home of Côte d’Ivoire’s president on Monday, and thousands of his supporters marched on the site, fearing an attempt to oust…