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Ivory Coast
Dirty diamond-mining

Ivory Coast’s north and south were supposed to come together when Alassane Ouattara was elected president but diamonds continue to be mined illegally in the north of the country. [...]

Published on 01/03/2012 at 23:01 GMT

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The lifting on the United Nations embargo on Ivory Coast’s diamonds on April 29 will enable Abidjan to at last [...]

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Bad timing for Austrian trade mission

Austrian company bosses scouting for business opportunities in Ivory Coast on November 27-30 could have timed their visit better. The [...]

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Ivory Coast
Toungara angers mining companies

A full-blown stand-off is underway between Ivory Coast's mines minister Adama Toungara and foreign mining companies with interests in the country.

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Issiaka Ouattara the writer

Former leader of the rebellion of Forces Nouvelles (FN), Issiaka [...]

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Soro lands speaker’s job

Everyone thought that Guillaume Soro would not become speaker of the national assembly because at 39 he was a year too young to qualify for the job. But then Ouattara stepped in.

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Diamonds under the microscope

The Kimberley Process, which will come under the rotating chairmanship of the United States in 2012, intends to step up satellite surveillance of diamond mines in Ivory Coast. Experts from the Kimberley Process are to shortly approach Ivory Coast’s government [.

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