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Ivory Coast
Ouattara sets ministers straight

The Ivorian president sharply reprimanded Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé during the cabinet meeting on 29 April, following the consideration of two proposals to increase the minimum wage in an economic climate deemed fragile by the government.

Ivory Coast
Tensions spike between transport and infrastructure ministers

The construction portfolio has been removed from Amadou Koné's remit and instead been handed to the infrastructure minister, Yacouba Hien Sié. This move has triggered strong reactions within the government.

Palace Intrigues
Robert Beugré Mambé, Wale Edun, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

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Ivory CoastPrime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé gets ready to tie the knot

NigeriaFinance minister tipped to attend Paris anti-terror summit

Central African RepublicFranco-Ivorian banker Ibrahim Magassa invited to Touadéra's inauguration

Ivory Coast
Ouattara tries the patience of his new ministers

More than two months after the new government was formed in January, members of the executive have still not received their appointment letters, leaving them in the dark as to the scope of their powers.

Ivory Coast
Cocoa farmers' representative body clashes with sector regulator over unsold stocks

After just a few months in existence, the Organisation Interprofessionnelle Agricole du Café-Cacao, launched by former minister Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani, is set to take over significant stocks that have failed to find buyers.

Ivory Coast
Africa Global Logistics and CMA CGM awaiting arbitration on barge project in Abidjan port

Ivorian Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé will have to decide between Africa Global Logistics and the group led by Rodolphe Saadé for the award of the barge freight transport project at the economic capital's port authority.

Ivory Coast
Téné Birahima Ouattara on his way to becoming National Assembly speaker

Alassane Ouattara's younger brother is expected to succeed Adama Bictogo as leader of the lower house at the end of this month. This promotion is part of his rise to power, closely endorsed by the president himself.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara's party puts up Tidjane Thiam's brother as Yamoussoukro candidate

The candidacy of Augustin Thiam in the 27 December legislative elections was not initially planned, but the Rassemblement des Houphouëtistes pour la Démocratie et la Paix was able to position him in the race.

Ivory Coast
New defence and business intel think tank launches in Abidjan

The creation of a new think tank in Ivory Coast called the Institut de Guerre Économique d'Abidjan is due to be announced at an artificial intelligence, defence and space trade show in Abidjan this week.

Ivory Coast
Abidjan removes JP Morgan from fund-raising round

The US bank JP Morgan had been selected to support the Ivorian government in a syndicated loan estimated at €800m. In the end, however, it was judged to be too expensive.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara abolishes tax exemptions for multinational cocoa manufacturers operating locally

Multinationals that own cocoa bean processing plants in Ivory Coast will no longer benefit from a tax exemption on the droit unique de sortie (DUS, single exit tax), the main state tax on exports.

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Alassane Ouattara, Patrice Talon, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

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

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Ivory Coast Ouattara thinks twice about naming bridge after Gbagbo

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