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Ivorian President pardons dozens jailed over treason


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Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has pardoned and ordered the release of 51 people convicted of treason and other state security charges. The beneficiaries of the presidential clemency include military and civilian figures convicted…

Former Ivorian president Henri Konan Bedie dies at 89


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Ivory Coast's nationalist former president Henri Konan Bedie, who had not excluded the possibility of a return to power even in his latter days, has died aged 89, his party said. The "Ivory Coast Democratic Party-African Democratic Rally…

Ivorian hospital saves premature babies with Kangaroo method


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Mounira is barely 40 centimetres tall, mouth open, cheek flat against her mother's chest, this baby born almost two months prematurely is growing thanks to the "kangaroo" method, increasingly used around hospitals in Côte d'Ivoire. Her…

Ivorian President forecasts GDP growth of 7.2% in 2023


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The President of the Republic, Alassane Ouattara, has forecasts gross demestic products growth (GDP) of 7.2% in 2023, pointing out the resilience of the Ivorian economy in the face of crises due to the difficult international situation and…

Ivorian Sacred drum in France to return home


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An Ivorian drum seized by France during colonization is about to be returned to the Ivory Coast. The sacred Djidji Ayokwe drum was used to communicate warning messages up to thirty kilometres around villages. In 1916 the drum was…

Ivorian former minister calls for age limit for presidency


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Two of the three 'elephants' of Ivorian politics are in their 80s while one is in his 70s, something that Jean-Louis Billon Former Ivory Coast trade minister is now campaigning against. Billion called for the return of the age limit of…

Malians hail pardon Ivorian soldiers


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After Mali's junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita pardoned all 49 Ivorian soldiers on Friday, whose arrest in July triggered a bitter diplomatic row, Malian citizens praise the decision. "We were in diplomatic turmoil for a long time, so if…

Ivorian troops return home after months in Malian captivity


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Forty-six Ivorian soldiers recently pardoned by Mali's junta flew home to Ivory Coast's Abidjan airport after around six months in captivity. Their return signals the apparent resolution of a diplomatic standoff between the West African…

ECOWAS won’t sanction Mali over detained Ivorian soldiers


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The current president of the West African states (ECOWAS) assured that there would be no sanctions against Mali in the immediate future despite their ultimatum, to let the Togolese mediation work for the release of the 46 Ivorian soldiers…

Ivorian President vows to return soldiers held in Mali


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The 46 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali for nearly six months and who have just been sentenced to twenty years in prison in Bamako, "will soon return to Ivorian soil", Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara assured. "My thoughts are…