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Ivory Coast
Idriss Diallo raises the stakes to remain at helm of football federation

Seeking a second term, the incumbent president is working on a series of measures designed to boost his campaign ahead of the elections scheduled for 12 September.

Ivory Coast
Idriss Diallo steps up bid to remain at helm of football federation

Despite the World Cup being in full swing, the FIF president already has his eyes on the 12 September election. He is intensifying initiatives to discourage his first vice-president, Malick Tohé, from mounting a challenge.

Ivory Coast
Agriculture minister clashes with Conseil Café-Cacao regulator over cocoa bean stock estimates

Yves Brahima Koné openly confronted Bruno Koné during a meeting at the CCC’s headquarters attended by the two officials and a group of exporters.

Ivory Coast
Communications officer Ibrahim Kourouma joins the presidency

The RCG West Africa CEO’s arrival comes with the backing of Secretary General of the Presidency and Director of Communications Masséré Touré-Koné, of whom he becomes one of the advisers.

Ivory Coast
The growing strategic alliance between Patrick Achi and Téné Birahima Ouattara

Although relations between the two have long been strained, the speaker of the National Assembly and the Deputy Prime Minister recently moved towards a reconciliation.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, William Ruto, Cyril Ramaphosa

Intrigues big and small – every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Ivory CoastOuattara irked by his advisers

KenyaRuto unhappy about secret meeting between Kindiki and Kenyatta

GhanaRamaphosa angry with John Dramani Mahama

Ivory Coast
Events giant GL Events sets ups in Abidjan

Alassane Ouattara has chosen the French multinational GL Events to operate the giant exhibition centre near Abidjan airport. The company will link up with the Ivorian conglomerate PFO Africa.

Ivory Coast
The key figures behind Emirati group ASG's cashew nut deal

IVORY COAST | Abu Dhabi-based Al Sayegh Group (ASG) has launched Pan African Agro Commodities, its first cashew nut processing plant in northern Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast
US halts highway upgrade finance over eviction concerns

Washington accuses authorities in Abidjan of having flouted rules when moving residents ahead of work to improve a key artery.

Ivory Coast
Marie-Viviane Ado Gossan takes charge of Millennium Challenge Account

Marie-Viviane Ado Gossan-Coulibaly, chief of staff and right-hand woman to the ex-secretary general in the Office of the President Abdourahmane Cissé, is about to take over as head of the Millennium Challenge Account Côte d'Ivoire.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara allies squabble over Bougouanou bauxite

The mining project launched by Moumouni Bictogo has prompted rifts between shareholders close to the presidential party, and the affair has now gone to court following a complaint by Ivorian businessman Léo Guigui.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Lula, Mahamadou Issoufou, Florence Parly

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Ivory CoastPatrick Achi's final tête-à-tête with Alassane Ouattara?

CongoBrazilian president Lula unable to attend Sassou's environmental summit

NigerMahamadou Issoufou, an uncomfortable presence on International Crisis Group's board of trustees

BeninFrance's ex-armed forces minister visits Cotonou

Africa
Ivory Coast, Mali, Uganda, Chad

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

France, Ivory Coast
Ouattara takes keen interest in French tax probe into Propharmed

Propharmed, a pharmaceutical wholesaler being probed by the French tax authorities for not paying VAT on drugs it exports to Africa, has close links to the Ivorian president's office, which is anxiously monitoring the investigation.