IVORY COAST
First COVID-19 COVAX vaccine doses administered in Africa. Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire are first in line
Today, the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana began COVID-19 vaccination campaigns aimed at protecting healthcare workersThis week’s first vaccinations...
Read moreAs African heads of state gather in Chad, rights group calls for end to massive abuses in counterterrorism operations in Sahel region
Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged heads of state gathering in Chad to commit to protecting the rights of civilians...
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Over 50 people killed since presidential poll in Côte d’Ivoire, dozen opposition leaders arrested
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called on Côte d’Ivoire’s authorities to urgently investigate the killing of more than 50 people...
Read moreCôte d’Ivoire election: Dozens killed, hundreds injured, opposition leader held incommunicado
Amnesty International on Monday called on the Ivorian authorities to investigate the killing of dozens of people with rifles, guns...
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African Union congratulates Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on election win
The President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, who also serves as Chair of the African Union...
Read moreViolent clashes erupt in Côte d’Ivoire ahead of October 31 presidential election as Ouattara seeks third term
At least 18 people have died in Côte d’Ivoire since August in violent clashes between supporters of President Alassane Ouattara...
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Akinwumi Adesina re-elected as President of the African Development Bank Group
Akinwumi A. Adesina has been re-elected to serve a second five- year term as President of the African Development Bank...
Read moreAmnesty International warns Ivorian Police allowing machete-wielding men to attack anti-third term protesters
Amnesty International has accused the police in Cote D’Ivoire of allowing machete-wielding men to attack unarmed protesters who are against...
Read moreIvory Coast President Alassane Ouattara says he’s now running for re-election after saying he would not seek third term
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced on Thursday evening that he was running for re-election. The presidential election would take...
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11 human rights groups call for justice for 44 Ghanaians, 9 Nigerians, 2 Togolese, 1 Gambian and 1 Ivorian massacred in Gambia and Senegal in 2005
The families of more than 50 Ghanaian and other West African migrants killed in Gambia and Senegal 15 years ago have yet to learn the full...
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