The constitutional court in Côte d'Ivoire has definitively barred two top opposition leaders, ex-president Laurent Gbagbo and ...

Côte d'Ivoire's presidential election campaign is taking shape, with four challengers hoping to defeat longtime incumbent Alassane Ouattara in the 25 October vote – but no candidates from the ...

As President Alassane Ouattara campaigns for a fourth mandate in October 2025, we analyse the achievements and failures of ...

Ould Tah, who was elected in May as the ninth president of the AfDB, expressed appreciation for President Ouattara’s decisive ...

Once nicknamed "The Iron Lady", Simone Gbagbo is now poised to become the strongest female contender for the presidency in ...

Former Credit Suisse chief Tidjane Thiam and former President Laurent Gbagbo are barred from contesting next month's ...

The president of the African Development Bank Group, Sidi Ould Tah, paid a courtesy visit on Wednesday to the President of Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara.

The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses influence there. By Ruth Maclean This year’s Africa Cup of Nations, like several ...

Laurent Gbagbo, the former president of Ivory Coast, returned to the country for the first time in 10 years on Thursday after he was acquitted of charges of crimes against humanity by the ...

Côte d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara with his prime minister Patrick Achi and defence minister Tene Birahima Ouattara at the presidential palace in Abidjan on 17 April 2021. Luc Gnago/REUTERS ...

On November 9, a group of men gathered in a dusty town in southern Ivory Coast that sits at the junction of two major highways. The group walked onto the road to block traffic to protest the ...