Cote d'Ivoire News

Cote d'Ivoire's electoral process is going through turmoil due to the political-judicial battle over voter registration contentions linked to the Independent Electoral Commission .

The pictures plastered on school walls all over the country offered a stark reminder of the divisions in this identity-obsessed nation.

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire has deplored recent violence in the towns of Katiola and Divo and appealed for calm as the voter registration appeals process for the upcoming elections takes place.

World Bank President Robert Zoellick, has vowed to help Co te d'lvoire in its process of finding peace to the political crisis which broke o ut in 2002.

Abidjan - The international community is upping the pressure on Ivory Coast in West Africa to hold a presidential election and end a political and security crisis that began seven years ago with a failed coup.

The international community is upping the pressure on the West African country of Cote d'Ivoire to hold a presidential election and end a political and security crisis that began seven years ago with a failed coup.

World Bank president Robert Zoellick is greeted by Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan world The World Bank has warned Ivory Coast that further debt relief hinged on long-delayed elections taking place, and urged it to end quickly a political stalemate that has persisted since its civil war.

Abidjan, Ivory Coast - An appeals court in Abidjan has ordered a British law firm representing 30 000 victims of toxic waste to transfer the compensation they received to the account of a man who heads a victim's association.

The United Nations Security Council unanimously decided on Thursday to extend the UN peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire through the end of May and bolster security with 500 troops from Burkina Faso in preparation for the upcoming presidential elections.

In Cte d'Ivoire land disputes - fuelled by the 2002 rebellion and subsequent fighting - have yet to be resolved legislatively, leaving communities to seek their own solutions.

A court in Ivory Coast has ruled that 30m of compensation paid to victims of toxic dumping must be relinquished by the UK law firm holding it in trust enlarge More than 30,000 victims of toxic dumping on the west coast of Africa may never see a penny of their compensation, British lawyers have warned, after they lost a crucial battle in the courts ...

Updated: Saturday, 23 Jan 2010, 5:48 PM PST Published : Saturday, 23 Jan 2010, 5:48 PM PST More than 100 starving brown pelicans were rescued during this week's rainstorms, and more weak birds are expected, according to a bird rescue center.

An Ivorian court ordered on Friday that nearly $50 million in compensation awarded to victims of a toxic waste dumping should be paid to a group claiming to represent them.

Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas. It is also, after Canada, the only French-speaking country in this hemisphere.

A new telecoms tax epidemic is sweeping across Africa adding to the already high tax levels imposed on operators on the continent.

The leadership of the Organisation of Professional Journalists of Cote d'Ivoire has met former President J. A. Kufuor in Accra and invited him to Cote d'Ivoire before its general election expected to take place this year.

Market capitalization on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange dropped from 9.56 trillion naira recorded in 2008 to 7.03 trillio n naira at the close of trading last year, representing a drop of 26.5%, accordin g to the Chief Executive Officer of NSE, Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke. 12/01/2010 Tunisia's oil and gas reserves are now estimated at 202 million ...

An AI letter to the Ivory Coast justice minister on December 18 accused an organisation called the National Coordination of Toxic Waste Victims of Cote D'Ivoire of falsely claiming to represent the 30,000 victims who brought a case against oil-trading company Trafigura in Britain.

Abidjan - Ivory Coast police used batons and tear gas on Wednesday to disperse youths demonstrating against the powerful state media, with the protesters responding by pelting them with stones, a Reuters reporter saw.

By Tim Cocks Abidjan - A row over Ivory Coast's voter register has thrust the issue of Ivorian nationality to the fore, exposing festering disputes that still fuel tensions years after they first tipped the country into war.