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Nicolas Sarkozy receives red carpet treatment on business diplomacy mission

Ivorian officials have been treating Nicolas Sarkozy's private trip to Abidjan like a state visit. When he landed in the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 21.02.2020

Maurice Bandaman Ivory Coast's new ambassador in France

After intense discussions, Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has decided to appoint Maurice Bandaman as Ivory Coast's new ambassdor in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.02.2020

Maurice Bandaman Ivory Coast's new ambassador in France

After intense discussions, Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has decided to appoint Maurice Bandaman as Ivory Coast's new ambassdor in [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.02.2020

UAE goes on military and diplomatic offensive

With Abu Dhabi poised to disburse an additional €20 million to the G5 Sahel, the emirate is establishing closer military ties with the capitals of the region.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy Running Story - The Sahel security crisis 19.02.2020

Guillaume Soro strives to remain a player in exile

Prevented from returning to Abidjan, the former speaker of the Ivorian parliament Guillaume Soro is pulling out all the stops to maintain the momentum of his campaign as the Ivorian government makes discreet overtures towards him.

Subscribers only Politics 19.02.2020

Brussels and Paris at odds with Abidjan over electoral list

Until now, the European Union ambassador in Ivory Coast, Jobst von Kirchmann, had managed to smooth out all the difficulties [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.02.2020

French private security firms home in on airports

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) guidelines recommending the privatisation of inspection and screening procedures have helped French operators to snap up contracts at African airports.

Subscribers only Business 19.02.2020

Ezzedine family eyes medevac sector

The Ezzedine family business Holea, a shareholder in the very select Polyclinique Farah, is looking to gain a foothold in the lucrative medical evacuation sector.

Subscribers only Business 19.02.2020

Stéphane Konan leaves Abidjan far behind

Stéphane Konan, the influential advisor of the all-powerful Ivorian minister of defence, Hamed Bakayoko, has decided to keep a low [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.02.2020

Sidi Tiémoko Touré heir apparent to Gomis

Ivory Coast's ambassador to France since 2013, the diplomat Charles Providence Gomis will be stepping down from his post in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.02.2020

Marcel Amon Tanoh in firing line of Alassane Ouattara

The Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara may be poised to sack [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.02.2020

Algemira, the Swiss mentor of armoured units

Since 2017, the Swiss firm Algemira managed by the Frenchwoman [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Business 19.02.2020

David Fofana raises €40 million

David Fofana, the ex-deputy managing director of Société de transport [...]

Subscribers only Business 19.02.2020

Serge Kouakou sets up on his own

The managing director of the Ivorian outpost of the security [...]

Subscribers only Business 19.02.2020

Bictogo gunning for first bauxite export this February

Ivorian businessman Moumouni Bictogo, brother of the former minister Adama Bictogo, ambitions to export in February its first cargo of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

Simon Bolster eager to start gold hunt with DetectORE

Simon Bolster is trying to get the mining world to know about a new gold sampling analysis tool that can be used directly on site and speed up the exploration phase.

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

Beijing relaunches San Pedro airport extension project

China is very keen for one of its state-owned companies to take the helm of the construction project, which the Ivorian government first announced in 2014.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 10.02.2020

BNP hopes for political neutrality as it sells off its subsidiaries

Obliged to negotiate with Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali in order to sell its African subsidiaries, BNP has urged them not to block the sale of its assets.

Free access Finance, Business 05.02.2020

Bilé Diémeléou's gift to Bruno Koné

The Haute autorité pour la bonne gouvernance has not dared to launch proceedings against Bilé Diéméléou, the managing director of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Belarusian instructors to train Ivorian GEB gendarmes

A dozen Belarusian instructors arrived in Abidjan from Minsk on [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020