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83-year-old Alassane Ouattara is bidding for a controversial fourth term in office as Ivory Coast heads to Saturday’s polls to elect the cocoa-producing country’s next president.
The former Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has been appointed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to head its Election Observation Mission for the forthcoming presidential election in Côte d’Ivoire.
The international community is intensifying its mobilization against the escalating security crisis in West Africa, with Rome hosting the 10th Summit of the Aqaba Process this Wednesday.
The Regional Stock Exchange (BRVM) of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) reached a major milestone this week, achieving a record market capitalization of 13,014.67 billion CFA francs (approximately $21.2 billion) on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
The United Kingdom has announced that it will host the 17th Replenishment pledging session of the African Development Fund (ADF) in December.
The government of Côte d’Ivoire has enacted sweeping reforms to its general pension scheme, doubling the minimum monthly pension for retirees and orphans.
Gbagbo and Thiam have vowed to challenge their exclusion from Ivory Coast’s presidential election due later this month.
Agricultural experts attending the 6th edition of the Africa Resilience Forum held in Abidjan from 1–3 October, have urged African…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deployed a Long-Term Election Observation Mission (LTOM) to Abidjan in the context of the presidential election scheduled for October 25, 2025, in Côte d’Ivoire.
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo expressed his condolences following the death of journalist Alberic Niangbo, who served on the Communications…

