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Ivory Coast
Army pays price for hefty Africa Cup expenditure

Following substantial investment in organising Africa's top football tournament, the government is in arrears to its defence suppliers. And this is having a knock-on effect on the army. [...]

Published on 15/04/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abidjan's fine financial balancing act for acquiring new arms

Plagued by budget shortages, the Ivorian General Staff is struggling to conclude certain purchases of strategic military equipment, a situation benefiting the Chinese military-industrial complex.

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Ivorian Army chief of staff General Lassina Doumbia in Jacqueville, Ivory Coast, 20 February 2022.

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Washington backs Abidjan's disinformation war

The US ambassador to Abidjan, Jessica Davis Ba, is in the process of concluding an agreement with the Ivorian communications minister, Amadou Coulibaly, to help his country fight against the manipulation of information.

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Ivory Coast
Macron's brand-new Africa envoy due to meet Ouattara

Emmanuel Macron's new 'personal envoy' for Africa, former minister Jean-Marie Bockel, will be in Abidjan on 20-21 February to discuss the ongoing reorganisation of France's military presence on the continent.

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Ivory Coast
French arms specialist Sofema begins new sales drive

The French reconditioned defence equipment specialist plans to send a team to Abidjan in early October to try to regain market share in Ivory Coast. The armoured vehicles market, where it faces competition from China's Norinco and Turkey's Otokar, is its main target

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Steve Bokhobza brokers helicopters for Ivorian army under alias of David Nakash

Abidjan's recent hiring and acquisition of H125 helicopters for the armed forces was arranged by Magen-ta Solutions, a Spanish firm created by Steve Bokhobza, a controversial defence equipment broker with dual French-Israeli citizenship who now goes by the name of David Nakash.

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Ivory Coast
Cogitech is army's preferred supplier for northern border protection

Cogitech, a company headed by Abdoulaye Zeba, is working with the Ivorian army general staff to install military surveillance equipment on the country's borders. It has signed new agreements with Chinese group Huawei, Motorola and American drone manufacturer Skydio.

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Ivory Coast
Chinese defence giant Norinco set to land FACI armoured vehicle contract

The Ivorian army is close to placing a firm order for some 50 Chinese infantry fighting vehicles to boost its capacity to deal with the insurrection threat posed by armed groups. Arms dealers Gaby Peretz and Ben Moctar have quietly gone to work in Abidjan in an effort to take advantage of the demand for new equipment.

Subscribers only Defence 20.02.2023

Ivory Coast
Border protection: Israel's Avnon Group chases the military high command hard

With TAR already set to supply 10 helicopters to the Ivorian army, its sister company, iSTAR, is making a bid for a contract to supply surveillance drones. Both subsidiaries of Israel's Avnon Group, they aim to play a role in the country's efforts to protect its borders.

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The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Ivory Coast
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Ivory Coast
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