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Nigeria seal crucial win over AFCON host Ivory Coast

Nigeria took a huge step towards reaching the last 16 at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 win over hosts Ivory Coast in Group A. The match’s key moment came in the 55th minute after Ousmane Diomande caught Victor Osimhen in the box. That allowed William Troost-Ekong …

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Ivory Coast sets 2023/24 cocoa farmgate price at 1,000 FCFA

Ivory Coast has increased its cocoa farmgate price by 11.1% from 900FCFA to 1,000FCFA ($1.62) per kilogram for the 2023/24 crop season. The minister for agriculture and rural development, Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani, also announced the new farmgate price for coffee as 900 CFA francs/kg, representing a 20% raise. Ivory Coast, …

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Watch Arsenal legend Thierry Henry dance to popular ‘Premier Gaou’ song in Ivory Coast

Former Arsenal star Thierry Henry is having a good summertime in Ivory Coast where he is enjoying the off-season in the West African country. In a video spotted by GhanaWeb, the former French international displayed his dancing moves as he sang and danced to the trans-national song ‘Premier Gaou’s by …

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Former Ivory Coast President Konan Bedie is dead

The former president of Ivory Coast, Henri Konan Bedie, has passed away at the age of 89, according to a BBC report. Mr Bedie served as the country’s second head of state following the death of Felix Houphouet-Boigny in 1993. His presidency was marred by allegations of widespread corruption and …

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Ghana’s domestic cocoa production surpasses Ivory Coast – ICCO

Ghana has surpassed Ivory Coast in cocoa production over the half year 2022/23 crop season, according to the latest Cocoa Market Report by the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO). As of 31 March 2023, cumulative arrivals of cocoa beans in Ivory Coast were lagging behind previous season levels, while the volume …

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Panic as unidentified people board Singaporean tanker off Ivory Coast

A Singapore-registered oil tanker has been boarded by “unidentified persons” about 300 nautical miles (555km) off Ivory Coast in the Gulf of Guinea, the city-state’s port authority said. The Gulf of Guinea was long known as a hotspot for global piracy, with insurance firm Beazley offering the “Gulf of Guinea …

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Ivory Coast troops return home after months of captivity in Mali

Forty-six Ivorian soldiers accused by Mali of being mercenaries have returned home after six months in captivity. The troops arrived at Ivory Coast’s Abidjan airport late on Saturday, a day after receiving a pardon from Mali’s military ruler. Their arrest in the Malian capital of Bamako in July of last …

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Mali sentences 46 Ivory Coast soldiers to 20 years in prison

A court in Mali has sentenced 46 soldiers from Ivory Coast to 20 years imprisonment for conspiring against the government, and three others to death in absentia. The soldiers were also fined more than $3,000 and convicted of carrying and transporting weapons, Prosecutor General Ladji Sara said in a statement …

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Ivory Coast goalkeeper banned for 18-month

Ivory Coast goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo has been handed an 18-month ban by football’s world governing body Fifa for a doping violation. The 33-year-old tested positive last year for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication which the World Anti-Doping Agency categorises as a stimulant. His ban has been backdated to …

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Sonnie Badu stirs up thousands of worshippers at Ivory Coast amidst heavy rains

Ivory Coast’s most anticipated concert with Dr. Sonnie Badu at Abidjan recorded an outstanding number of believers who were geared for an encounter. The night which started off with clear weather suddenly gave birth to heavy rains some few minutes after Sonnie Badu mounted the platform. Organisers of the event might have skipped a …

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