2008-10-13
Ambassador Expresses Army's Readiness to Cooperate
The ambassador of Angola to Côte d'Ivoire, Gilberto Buta Lutucuta, on Thursday expressed, in Abidjan city, the availability of the board of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) to cooperate, in various fields, with counterparts of other countries.2008-10-10
Witness Claims Pressure From French Presidency in Case of Kidnapped Journalist
Reporters Without Borders said it was mystified to learn at a meeting with the French investigating judges in the Guy-André Kieffer abduction case that a witness has claimed to have been put under pressure from within the French presidency not to testify before the judges. 2008-10-09
American Embassy's National Daily Press Review
This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. 2008-10-09
American Embassy's National Daily Press Review
This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. For questions regarding this service, please contact: Mr. Teko Folli in the Public Affairs Press Office, TekoFX@state.gov. 2008-10-07
Witness Claims Pressure from French Presidency in Guy-André Kieffer Kidnap Case
Reporters Without Borders said it was mystified to learn at a meeting with the French investigating judges in the Guy-André Kieffer abduction case that a witness has claimed to have been put under pressure from within the French presidency not to testify to the judges. 2008-10-07
Migrants Sceptical of European Immigration Centre
The European Union (EU) has opened its first multi-million dollar immigration centre in West Africa, but returnee migrants told IRIN the Bamako centre would not change their minds about migrating without visas. 2008-10-06
MTN Acquires 100 Percent of Two Major Operators
The MTN Group has acquired 100 percent of Cote d'Ivoire's second fixed-line operator, Arobase Telecom, and Afnet, an Internet Service Provider ISP. 2008-10-06
American Embassy's National Daily Press Review
This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. For questions regarding this service, please contact: Mr. Teko Folli in the Public Affairs Press Office, TekoFX@state.gov. 2008-10-06
American Embassy's National Daily Press Review
This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. For questions regarding this service, please contact: Mr. Teko Folli in the Public Affairs Press Office, TekoFX@state.gov. 2008-10-02
Toxic Waste Criminal Investigations May Indict Higher-Ups
Ivorian government lawyers have said they may pursue criminal investigations against the Netherlands-based oil trader Trafigura, which owned the oil waste dumped in open-air sites in Abidjan in 2006. 2008-10-02
Shaky Peace Leading Into Elections
As presidential elections approach at year-end after repeated delays, analysts worry slow progress on meeting the demands of the Ouagadougou peace agreement, combined with what they see as continued hostility among some in power towards foreign-born Ivorians, threaten the elusive stability in the still-divided country. 2008-10-02
American Embassy's National Daily Press Review
This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 2008-10-01
Who is to Blame for Dumping Toxic Oil Sludge?
A trial is under way in Abidjan of local officials accused of conniving in the dumping of toxic oil sludge in August 2006 and causing over a dozen deaths, and illnesses to tens of thousands. 2008-09-30
American Embassy's National Daily Press Review
This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. For questions regarding this service, please contact: Mr. Teko Folli in the Public Affairs Press Office, TekoFX@state.gov. 2008-10-01
Wapoga - Nigeria Rules Racket Courts
Racket games at the on-going West Africa Polytechnics Games (WAPOGA) started yesterday with Nigeria poised to make a clean sweep. While table tennis got well under way, badminton, which was earlier rumoured to have been dropped did not start until late in the evening due to disagreement over officials for the game and players' profiles. 2008-09-29
Urban Displaced Slip Into Obscurity
People who flee to cities because of conflicts or natural disasters tend to become invisible to the authorities and organisations that can help them, says US-based Tufts University and the Geneva-based International Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). 2008-09-30
Gbagbo Finally Kick-Starts Games
After three days of postponement of the second West Africa Polytechnics Games, due to his tight itinerary, Cote d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo yesterday declared the games open though in the end he could only send the nation's Minister of Sports, Dagobert Bazio. 2008-09-30
Model Commander Denies Receiving Military Support From Ivorian Govt
A former rebel commander of the defunct Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) Grand Gedeh County Representative Kai Farley has denied receiving military support from the Ivorian Government during the execution of their rebel incursion into Liberia in 2003. 2008-09-29
Security Tightened As Nigerian Envoy Arrives
Ahead of the opening ceremony of the second edition of West Africa Polytechnics Games (WAPOGA), a delegation of Nigeria's Ministry of Education and rectors of Nigerian polytechnics arrived Institut Nationale Polytechnique, Yamousoukro weekend. The tean was lead by Dr. Henry Adaba, Special Assistant to the education minister. 2008-09-25
American Embassy's National Daily Press Review
This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. |
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