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Ivory Coast

Interior minister selects expat ID card manufacturer

The identity document contract covering 1.3m Ivorians living abroad has been awarded to the holding company Mayelia Participations, headed by businessman David Fofana.

Subscribers only Business 04.09.2025

US Treasury maintains pressure on Ouattara over money laundering

For several months, the US administration has been holding a series of working meetings with the Ivorian authorities. The aim is to trace illicit financial flows that it suspects are linked to the Lebanese Hezbollah.

Subscribers only Finance 25.08.2025

Nicolas Lerner, Director of the DGSE, at the Élysée Palace in Paris, April 2024. © Éric Tschaen/REA

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From Lomé to Abidjan, new boss breathing life into French foreign intelligence service

At the head of the foreign intelligence service for a little under two years, Nicolas Lerner is trying to develop new contacts in West Africa. In a region undergoing great change, he is relying in particular on his good relations with Lomé and Rabat.

Subscribers only Defence 22.08.2025

Gabon's then transitional President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema (left) with President Alassane Ouattara at Abidjan's presidential palace, Ivory Coast, 12 April 2024. © Yvan Sonh / Xinhua News Agency / Newscom / MaxPPP

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema to visit Bouaké for Independence Day celebrations

The Gabonese president is due in Ivory Coast to join Alassane Ouattara in celebrating the national holiday on 7 August.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.08.2025

With Trump threatening action, Russian trader Theia is unable to sell its fuel shipments

Dakar port area, Senegal, 23 April 2024. © Nicolas Remene / Le Pictorium / MaxPPP

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 01.08.2025

Forced transfer of journalist cools relations between Abidjan and Cotonou

Benin's strong-armed exfiltration of journalist Hugues Comlan Sossoukpè, who had sought refuge in Abidjan, has angered Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara, who was not informed of the operation.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 29.07.2025

On trial for "treason" in Kinshasa, Joseph Kabila resurfaces in Abidjan for a wedding

The former Congolese president has been staying in the Ivorian economic capital for a few days, where he has attended a family wedding.

Subscribers only Politics 29.07.2025

From Abidjan to Dakar, MMA's Francis Ngannou reps for PFL

As chairman of the African branch of the Professional Fighters League, the former Cameroonian champion is eyeing four host countries for the 2026 edition in the region. He is supported in this effort by the Helios investment fund.

Subscribers only Business 28.07.2025

Francis Ngannou during training in Los Angeles, California, 16 May 2023.

Alassane Ouattara's big plans for Independence Day celebrations

The official ceremony for the 65th anniversary of Ivorian independence will take place in Bouaké on 7 August. President Alassane Ouattara wants to highlight his security record and establish his stature as commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

Subscribers only Defence 25.07.2025

Canadian fund Atlas Energy betting on oil royalties

Set up in June, the investment fund is hoping to put forward a new financing model to the continent's oil companies sector. Based on the payment of royalties, this system is above all used in North America.

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.2025

Arms broker Ben Moctar obtains justice against Israeli TAR

In the wake of an unsuccessful deal to buy 10 military helicopters for Abidjan, an arbitration by Israeli courts forced TAR to pay its outstanding debts to the Malian businessman.

Subscribers only Defence 18.07.2025

Alassane Ouattara due to meet Emmanuel Macron in Paris

Breaking news published on 15/07/25 at 10:55 GMT - Ivory Coast's president, who has been in France for over a week, will meet discreetly with his French counterpart on 16 July. With the Ivorian presidential election just months away, several European capitals are concerned about the political climate in the country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.07.2025

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara in Paris, France, in October 2024.

AfDB gears up for arrival of new president Sidi Ould Tah

Elected as president of the African Development Bank in May, Sidi Ould Tah will begin in September. Right from the start, he'll have to look into reports on the institution's financial situation as well as the project for the construction of the new head office.

Subscribers only Finance 15.07.2025

Sidi Ould Tah on the day of his election as president of the AfDB, in Abidjan, on 29 May 2025.

Abidjan hires lobbyist to boost US relations

The American lobbying firm Scribe Strategies & Advisors has committed to boosting Abidjan's image among key political and economic institutions based in Washington.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.07.2025

Running story
West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

By jointly introducing a premium of $400 per tonne on cocoa beans in autumn 2020, Ivory Coast and Ghana were seeking to ensure that cocoa producers' revenues were maintained. In so doing, however, they sparked off an open war with the big commodity traders, who have since taken steps to get round the measure and avoid paying the premium.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 14.07.2025

Cocoa beans drying in the sun in Ivory Coast.

Early Ghanaian cocoa harvest disconcerts Abidjan

Ghana's Cocobod has decided to begin its cocoa harvest on 1 August, two months ahead of schedule. The Ivorian Coffee and Cocoa Council is sticking to its usual practice.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 10.07.2025

Tel Aviv's ambush on the sidelines of Donald Trump's Africa summit

Currently in Washington, the Israeli Prime Minister intends to take advantage of the summit organised by the American president to meet with his African counterparts. This Israeli initiative is part of an attempt to normalise relations between the Jewish state and African and Arab countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.07.2025

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 7 July 2025, in Washington.

Ivorian Football Federation president confronts match-fixing accusations

At the FIF general meeting, its president, Idriss Diallo, raised the difficult issue of match-fixing in the league against the backdrop of online betting.

Subscribers only Business 09.07.2025

Idriss Diallo (centre) with Fifa president Gianni Infantino and CAF president Patrice Motsepe, in Abidjan, 13 July 2023.

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WAEMU in midst of Abidjan-Ouagadougou tug of war

Serious tensions between Alassane Ouattara and Ibrahim Traoré are paralysing the West African Economic and Monetary Union. The Ivorian president is steadfastly against Burkina Faso taking the head of the organisation's council of ministers, which is expected to meet on 11 July.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 04.07.2025

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara (left) and his Burkinabé counterpart Ibrahim Traoré.

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Ivory Coast

Interior minister selects expat ID card manufacturer

US Treasury maintains pressure on Ouattara over money laundering

Spotlight
From Lomé to Abidjan, new boss breathing life into French foreign intelligence service

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema to visit Bouaké for Independence Day celebrations

With Trump threatening action, Russian trader Theia is unable to sell its fuel shipments

Forced transfer of journalist cools relations between Abidjan and Cotonou

On trial for "treason" in Kinshasa, Joseph Kabila resurfaces in Abidjan for a wedding

From Abidjan to Dakar, MMA's Francis Ngannou reps for PFL

Alassane Ouattara's big plans for Independence Day celebrations

Canadian fund Atlas Energy betting on oil royalties

Arms broker Ben Moctar obtains justice against Israeli TAR

Alassane Ouattara due to meet Emmanuel Macron in Paris

AfDB gears up for arrival of new president Sidi Ould Tah

Abidjan hires lobbyist to boost US relations

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West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Early Ghanaian cocoa harvest disconcerts Abidjan

Tel Aviv's ambush on the sidelines of Donald Trump's Africa summit

Ivorian Football Federation president confronts match-fixing accusations

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WAEMU in midst of Abidjan-Ouagadougou tug of war

Afreximbank seeks to strengthen its mark on future Africa Energy Bank

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Ivory Coast

Interior minister selects expat ID card manufacturer

US Treasury maintains pressure on Ouattara over money laundering

Spotlight From Lomé to Abidjan, new boss breathing life into French foreign intelligence service

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema to visit Bouaké for Independence Day celebrations

With Trump threatening action, Russian trader Theia is unable to sell its fuel shipments

Forced transfer of journalist cools relations between Abidjan and Cotonou

On trial for "treason" in Kinshasa, Joseph Kabila resurfaces in Abidjan for a wedding

From Abidjan to Dakar, MMA's Francis Ngannou reps for PFL

Alassane Ouattara's big plans for Independence Day celebrations

Canadian fund Atlas Energy betting on oil royalties

Arms broker Ben Moctar obtains justice against Israeli TAR

Alassane Ouattara due to meet Emmanuel Macron in Paris

AfDB gears up for arrival of new president Sidi Ould Tah

Abidjan hires lobbyist to boost US relations

Running story West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Early Ghanaian cocoa harvest disconcerts Abidjan

Tel Aviv's ambush on the sidelines of Donald Trump's Africa summit

Ivorian Football Federation president confronts match-fixing accusations

Spotlight WAEMU in midst of Abidjan-Ouagadougou tug of war

Afreximbank seeks to strengthen its mark on future Africa Energy Bank

ECOWAS presidents debate AU's next chairperson

ECOWAS standby force and the issue of funding

Transfer of West African Health Organization HQ to Abidjan irritates Talon

Appointment of Julius Maada Bio raises concerns within ECOWAS

Julius Maada Bio's coup to seize ECOWAS presidency

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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Morocco
The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Spotlight
From Lomé to Abidjan, new boss breathing life into French foreign intelligence service

Running story
West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Spotlight
WAEMU in midst of Abidjan-Ouagadougou tug of war