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Ivory Coast

Crisis pulls rug from under SODEMI

The political crisis gripping Ivory Coast is dashing the immediate hopes of Kouadio Kouame, managing director of Societe pour le [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.02.2011

UNOCI busy in Bouake

Other than the reinforcement by another 2000 troops, which was voted unanimously by the UN Security Council on January 18, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.01.2011

French companies in the red

Half of the French companies or subsidiaries in Ivory Coast have temporarily laid off their staff.

Subscribers only Politics 26.01.2011

Security firms make hay in Ivory Coast

The crisis in Ivory Coast has provided a wealth of opportunities for security companies.

Subscribers only Politics 26.01.2011

Preaching to the converted

Apart from Moise Kore from the Foursquare Church, Simone Gbagbo’s [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.01.2011

CIE requisitioned

According to our sources, under presidential orders Augustin Komoe, Laurent [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.01.2011

Colina goes under Moroccan flag in Ivory Coast

Moroccan groups are pursuing their commercial offensive in Ivory Coast’s [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.01.2011

Nesse's nice job for French embassy in Abidjan

The Paris-based advertising and PR group Nesse, headquartered on the [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.01.2011

ASSE WAKILI ALAFE (Socef-Ntic)

Director of the Socef-Ntic group, which publishes the independent daily [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.01.2011

Abidjan heading for blackout

For the past three months, the Societe de Gestion de Patrimoine de l’Electricite (SOGEPE) has failed to pay the Ivory [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.01.2011

Covington & Burling

The former employer of the current attorney general Eric Holder, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.01.2011

SEMS Exploration Services in Mauritania and Liberia

SEMS Exploration Services, a geological and mining consultancy for the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.01.2011

Indians take business from Chinese

Despite the crisis, the wheels of commerce keep on turning in Ivory Coast, where Indian businesses are making their mark [...]

Subscribers only Politics 12.01.2011

Gbagbo’s fund-raising drive

Laurent Gbagbo has been busy trying to make sure that the international boycott does not financially cripple his regime and force him out.

Subscribers only Politics 12.01.2011

Luanda stands by Gbagbo

Angola is alert to the possibility of intervention in Ivory Coast by ECOWAS. Could it be preparing a riposte?

Subscribers only Politics 12.01.2011

Generals under very close surveillance

Laurent Gbagbo is spying on all of his army generals. [...]

Subscribers only Politics 12.01.2011

Canal Plus divided over Gbagbo

The French TV channels France 24 and TV5 have been [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.01.2011

Petroci boss turns to Mariya Dantata

As part of ongoing efforts to find alterative sources of [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.01.2011

Bouygues and the spectre of power cuts in Ivory Coast

The Compagnie Ivoirienne d’Electricite (CIE), a subsidiary of Bouygues which [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.01.2011

EUGENE AMONKOU OSSEY (BNI)

The former right-hand man of Victor Silue Nembellissini, president of [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.01.2011

Lukoil sees buying opportunities

Failing in its efforts to increase operations in Russia, where it finds itself competing against state-owned Gazprom, Lukoil is thinking of investing more in Africa.