Alassane Ouattara

President Pranab Mukherjee has been accorded the highest honour of Cote D'Ivoirie by its President Alassane Ouattara on his maiden visit to Abidjan.

Alassane Ouattara has won a second term as Ivory Coast president in the nation's first peaceful vote in more than a decade, cementing its return to stability after years of turbulence, results showed Wednesday.

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara pledged on Friday to improve citizens' access to justice as he launched his bid for re-election in an Oct. 25 poll he hopes will cement the country's economic recovery following a brief civil war.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara called on his supporters to "forgive" their political opponents on Sunday, while also urging them to mobilise for upcoming presidential elections in which he is seeking a second term.

The presidents of Ghana and Ivory Coast on Monday held talks on a maritime dispute hanging over oil projects near their shared border, the two sides said in a joint statement released in Accra.

A court in Ivory Coast today sentenced former first lady Simone Gbagbo to a 20-year prison term on charges of "undermining state security" during post-election violence in 2010-2011 that left nearly 3,000 dead.

Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore, who was toppled in a popular uprising last month, will stay in Morocco for a limited period after fleeing his country, the Moroccan government said today.

Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara has said he will double his players' World Cup win bonuses if they beat Greece in their final group game on Tuesday.

The next wave of private investment in Africa is likely to come from Asian funds.

President Alassane Ouattara was inaugurated on Saturday as Ivory Coast's President in the stately ceremony he should have enjoyed six months ago, but was prevented from holding by the entrenched ruler who refused to accept his election defeat and nearly dragged the nation into civil war in a bid to stay in power.In an effort to stop Ouattara from a...

After a week of heavy fighting, forces backing Ivory Coast's internationally recognized leader on Monday arrested strongman Laurent Gbagbo who had refused to leave the presidency despite losing elections more than four months earlier.The dispute over the presidency had pushed the world's largest cocoa producer to the brink of a renewed civil war, w...

Ivory Coast's strongman Laurent Gbagbo tried to hang on to power for one more day on Wednesday from inside a bunker encircled on all sides by soldiers loyal to his rival. Diplomats said he had sent emissaries to negotiate, only to then refuse the proposals put before him.Although Gbagbo is cornered and his army is rapidly disbanding, getting him ou...

The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution demanding an immediate end to the escalating violence in Ivory Coast. It also imposes sanctions on Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to relinquish the presidency.Wednesday's council vote comes five days after France and Nigeria introduced a draft resolution expressing "grave concern" that ...

The newly elected president of this troubled republic in Africa's tropics cannot leave his hotel. And neither can the linens on which he sleeps -- except by helicopter.They are flown out to be dry cleaned across town and flown back at night, just like everything else that comes or goes from the resort hotel where Alassane Ouattara took refuge last ...

Ivory Coast's incumbent leader, Laurent Gbagbo defied calls to step aside and hand over power to his political rival, Alassane Ouattara on Sunday, saying he was only going to respect and abide "by the Ivorians' vote.""I want the truth. Ivorians voted on November 28th, who was elected? That is it," he told AP Television.The United Nations certified ...

President Pranab Mukherjee has been accorded the highest honour of Cote D'Ivoirie by its President Alassane Ouattara on his maiden visit to Abidjan.

Alassane Ouattara has won a second term as Ivory Coast president in the nation's first peaceful vote in more than a decade, cementing its return to stability after years of turbulence, results showed Wednesday.

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara pledged on Friday to improve citizens' access to justice as he launched his bid for re-election in an Oct. 25 poll he hopes will cement the country's economic recovery following a brief civil war.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara called on his supporters to "forgive" their political opponents on Sunday, while also urging them to mobilise for upcoming presidential elections in which he is seeking a second term.

The presidents of Ghana and Ivory Coast on Monday held talks on a maritime dispute hanging over oil projects near their shared border, the two sides said in a joint statement released in Accra.

A court in Ivory Coast today sentenced former first lady Simone Gbagbo to a 20-year prison term on charges of "undermining state security" during post-election violence in 2010-2011 that left nearly 3,000 dead.

Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore, who was toppled in a popular uprising last month, will stay in Morocco for a limited period after fleeing his country, the Moroccan government said today.

Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara has said he will double his players' World Cup win bonuses if they beat Greece in their final group game on Tuesday.

The next wave of private investment in Africa is likely to come from Asian funds.

President Alassane Ouattara was inaugurated on Saturday as Ivory Coast's President in the stately ceremony he should have enjoyed six months ago, but was prevented from holding by the entrenched ruler who refused to accept his election defeat and nearly dragged the nation into civil war in a bid to stay in power.In an effort to stop Ouattara from a...

After a week of heavy fighting, forces backing Ivory Coast's internationally recognized leader on Monday arrested strongman Laurent Gbagbo who had refused to leave the presidency despite losing elections more than four months earlier.The dispute over the presidency had pushed the world's largest cocoa producer to the brink of a renewed civil war, w...

Ivory Coast's strongman Laurent Gbagbo tried to hang on to power for one more day on Wednesday from inside a bunker encircled on all sides by soldiers loyal to his rival. Diplomats said he had sent emissaries to negotiate, only to then refuse the proposals put before him.Although Gbagbo is cornered and his army is rapidly disbanding, getting him ou...

The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution demanding an immediate end to the escalating violence in Ivory Coast. It also imposes sanctions on Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to relinquish the presidency.Wednesday's council vote comes five days after France and Nigeria introduced a draft resolution expressing "grave concern" that ...

The newly elected president of this troubled republic in Africa's tropics cannot leave his hotel. And neither can the linens on which he sleeps -- except by helicopter.They are flown out to be dry cleaned across town and flown back at night, just like everything else that comes or goes from the resort hotel where Alassane Ouattara took refuge last ...

Ivory Coast's incumbent leader, Laurent Gbagbo defied calls to step aside and hand over power to his political rival, Alassane Ouattara on Sunday, saying he was only going to respect and abide "by the Ivorians' vote.""I want the truth. Ivorians voted on November 28th, who was elected? That is it," he told AP Television.The United Nations certified ...