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Ivory Coast

AGR in advanced talks for offshore acreage

Ivory Coast's energy and oil ministry is currently in exclusive talks with Norway's AGR Energy on the sale of two [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.2015

Judges named for maritime boundary dispute

After Ghana chose Thomas Mensah last November to serve as [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.2015

A trip by La Mancha boss Sebastien de Montessus pays off

A visit to Ivory Coast between Dec. 15-21 by Sébastien de Montessus, chief executive of La Mancha, is continuing to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.01.2015

Ouattara’s young blades make mark on Ivorian politics

A new generation of more youthful and politically ambitious technocrats is making its presence felt in President Alassane Ouattara’s entourage.

Subscribers only Politics 07.01.2015

Cocoa traders close to power receive fillip

Several billion tonnes of cocoa previously pre-sold to major international players has been sold on to trading companies close to the president’s office.

Subscribers only Business 07.01.2015

Ange Rodrigue Dadje, Simone Gbagbo’s trusty lawyer

Ange Rodrigue Dadje a member of the Abidjan bar is Simone Gbagbo’s leading counsel in her trial for alleged involvement [...]

Subscribers only Politics 07.01.2015

Lucien Kouassi Oka saved by Bedie

Dismissed in October on the orders of President Alassane Ouattara after being accused of financial fraud, Lucien Kouassi Oka, the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 07.01.2015

Ouattara greenlights tax deal with Turkish industry

Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara recently gave the country’s Foreign [...]

Subscribers only Politics 07.01.2015

"Teodorin", Soro’s benefactor

Due in Abidjan on December 28 to don a Santa [...]

Subscribers only Politics 07.01.2015

LR Group impatient

The LR Group is struggling to launch its dairy farm [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.01.2015

Algest Consulting hired on housing project

Business bank Algest Consulting, headed by Ivorian economist Ibrahim Magassa, [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.01.2015

Movis Port of Abidjan operation losing money

Movis Côte d'Ivoire is under pressure from the competition of [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.01.2015

Keith Conrad, ExxonMobil’s new man in Abidjan

Shortly after his appointment as the new head of ExxonMobil’s [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.01.2015

Exxon’s debut a presidential matter

Ivory Coast has finally managed to pen two production sharing contracts with Exxon. The following is a report on the deal and the special conditions accepted by Abidjan.

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.2015

Adama Kamara, the oil company's favourite lawyer

Ivory Coast lawyer Adama Kamara greatly assisted the Ivoirian government during long and tough negotiations with the U.S. group Exxon [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.2015

Obiang snubs Ouattara on gas cooperation

Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema is making his Ivory [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.2015

Diamonds: Belgium trains civil servants

A system to monitor production and trading in diamonds in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.12.2014

PDCI : Bedie stays calm

Henri Konan Bedie is determined to back Alassane Ouattara’s bid for reelection in 2015, despite a revolt by several barons of his PDCI party.

Subscribers only Politics 17.12.2014

Sonangol snubs SIR

Luanda still harbours a grudge towards Alassane Ouattara for his treatment of Laurent Gbagbo - and this has impacted on Ivorian oil interests.