Cote d'Ivoire News

A Bronx man is sought in connection with the fraudulent use of a township resident's credit card.

Despite the postponement of the Nov. 29 presidential elections, Cote d'Ivoire's candidates have never stopped efforts to "fish for votes," local analysts say.

On Sunday, November 15, 2009, the National Day for Peace, in the presence of Cardinal Bernard Agre, and the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Ambrose Madtha, the Church of Ivory Coast has solemnly celebrated the 75th anniversary of the country's clergy and 50th anniversary of 'Saint Coeur de Marie' Major Seminary in Anyama The Holy Mass, during which 59 ...

DAKAR, 16 November 2009 - Health officials have confirmed three cases of yellow fever in CA te d'Ivoire's northwest DenguA©lA© region.

Africa : Cote d'Ivoire - UN Transports Voters Lists for Upcoming Poll 13 November 2009 13 November - The United Nations Operation in Cte d'Ivoire began transporting provisional voters lists to polling stations across the country in preparation for the upcoming presidential election.

By Loucoumane Coulibaly Abidjan - A final list of voters for Ivory Coast's election, meant to take place on November 29, will not be ready until the end of the year, the United Nations said on Tuesday, pointing to the scale of the latest of many delays.

ABIDJAN, Ivor9 Coas4 An Ivory Coast election official says this month's presidential vote will not occur as planned.

The lawyer for victims of the Trafigura toxic waste scandal says the money paid in compensation may disappear into the pockets of Ivory Coast's corrupt regime.

AN AUSTRALIAN mining company caught up in war crimes allegations in Africa is about to sign off on a deal that will tie it to a British firm responsible for dumping toxic chemical waste that has killed or affected thousands of people.

An Emporia State University student-athlete missing since Sunday was the victim of a fatal motorcycle accident north of Emporia.

Thousands of victims of one of the worst toxic dumping scandals in years could lose their hard-won settlement thanks to maneuverings by a shadowy but "influential" figure in Ivory Coast , where the dumping occurred, the victims' lawyer said Wednesday.

By Loucoumane Coulibaly Abidjan - A row over voter eligibility could further delay Ivory Coast's election by several months and analysts and diplomats say it may deepen a political crisis by playing into the hands of hardliners.

According to the child's parents, the skin condition was caused by the toxic waste.

Kraft Foods today announced a major step forward in its long-standing support of sustainable cocoa farming.

In this scene from Dan Chaon's very bleak but memorable unreliable-narrator / mistaken-identity novel Await Your Reply , a young American woman named Lucy goes into a hair salon in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The country is French speaking, and Lucy is apprehensive about communicating.

Measures to reduce loss to follow-up in antiretroviral treatment programmes such as abolishing user fees, paying transportation costs, providing meals and improving staff training would be cost-effective even if they prevented less than half of patients from failing to return to the clinic, according to projections based on data from Cote d'Ivoire.

Both sides in Cte d'Ivoire, which has been divided for more than seven years between the Government-controlled south and the rebel Forces Nouvelles-held north, are violating the arms embargo imposed on the country, according to a new United Nations report.

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It started with a story about nothing. Last week, Britain's Guardian newspaper posted a short, vague article on its website about a question being asked in Parliament.

The special representative of the UN secretary general to Cote d'Ivoire, Choi Young-jin, is calling for "compromise" for the publication of the provisional voters list as time is running out for the planned presidential election on Nov.