Cote d'Ivoire News

If it were up to Kellie Ross, there would be no poverty in the world. But there is, and she's determined to do what she can about it.

The sub-regional media freedom watchdog, Media Foundati on for West Africa , has called on African leaders "to impress upon" Gambi a n President Yahya Jammeh "to unconditionally drop all criminal charges" preferre d against seven journalists.

The Holy Father, Benedict XVI, on 1 July 2009 appointed Bishop of Odienne , Rev Antoine Kone, of the clergy of Katiola, Docent of dogmatic theology and Latin at the inter-diocesan major seminary of Anyama, and at the Formation House of the Society for African Missions .

The life of Ofori Muhammad, a 52-year-old fisherman in the port of Jamestown, would be idyllic if it were a bit more lucrative.

The Holy Father, Benedict XVI, on 1 July 2009 appinted Bishop of Yamoussoukro , Rev.

VATICAN CITY, 1 JUL 2009 - The Holy Father: - Appointed Bishop Fernando Antonio Saburido O.S.B. of Sobral, Brazil, as metropolitan archbishop of Olinda e Recife , Brazil.

Abidjan - Ivory Coast on Friday reported its first swine flu cases - two women who had recently returned from Brussels.

Diamond production in Ivory Coast is increasing despite a UN ban on their export, the head of the Kimberley Process said on Friday, after a meeting on curbing the sale of "blood diamonds". The UN Security Council last October extended a ban on Ivorian diamond exports as part of targeted sanctions meant to prod the west African nation towards ...

ABIDJAN, 25 June 2009 - The baby was born and 12 days later died on a dilapidated upper floor of the AdjamA© market in CA te d'Ivoire's commercial capital Abidjan.

Nana Yaa Adadewa Addo, foreground, practises her catwalk during a rehearsal in Accra.

At the opening of the Year for Priests, 16 young men will receive priestly ordination as members of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, also known as the 'White Fathers.' According to a statement from Fr.

People stand by the scene of an accident where a car was smashed between a truck and a bus in the northern motorway, near Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Cte d'Ivoire. Reports in Ivorian dailies mainly focused on the Government's emergency plans to deal with the damage from heavy rains and mudslides; President Gbagbo's visit in the northwest town of Touba; and the ...

DJAN, Cte d'Ivoire, 17 June 2009 - Sabra Seydou arrived at the Abobo Kennedy Clinic in Abidjan with just minutes to spare before giving birth.

ABIDJAN: Unusually heavy rains in Ivory Coast's coastal and eastern cocoa-growing regions last week threaten the quality and size of the mid-crop while damage to roads has prevented some produce leaving plantations.

Satel 5)Ernesto Djedje "H.K.B." from the LP "Tizere" Sacodis International 6)Lord Flea & His Calypsonians "Shake shake Sonora" from the LP "Swinging Calypsos" 7)King Short Shirt "Nobody Go Rest" from the CD "Don't Stop The Music" 8)Calypso Rose "Ju Ju Warrior" from the CD "Soca Diva" 9)Magnun Band "Magnon Phenomenal" from the CD "Oulala" 10)Tabou ...

Teenage girls dancing at a nightclub in CA te d'Ivoire's commercial capital Abidjan.

At least 16 people have been killed in a poor neighborhood of Abidjan when a mudslide buried their rickety homes.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Alhaji Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak has come under intense media bombardment, following a revealing revelation by the transferred Accountant at the Ministry.

COCOA and fuel smuggling activities are reported to have hit the Juaboso and Bia districts of the Western Region.