Wed, 23 Jan 2019 07:29:42 +0000 Ivory Coast rains revive hopes for a strong cocoa mid-crop ABIDJAN, Jan 21 (Reuters) - A mix of strong rains and sunny
spells last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions augurs
well for the April-to-September mid-crop's development, farmers
said on Monday.
Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:43:22 +0000 UPDATE 2-ICC delays release of Ivory Coast ex-leader Gbagbo despite acquittal THE HAGUE/ABIDJAN, Jan 18 (Reuters) - International Criminal
Court appeals judges delayed the release of ex-Ivorian leader
Laurent Gbagbo on Friday, ordering that he be held for at least
two more weeks after being acquitted on crimes against humanity
charges.
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:15:07 +0000 ICC appeals panel extends detention of Ivory Coast politician Gbagbo THE HAGUE, Jan 18 (Reuters) - An appeals chamber at the
International Criminal Court has granted a last-ditch request by
prosecutors to extend the custody of Ivory Coast politician
Laurent Gbagbo, who was acquitted of atrocities charges last
week.
The 3-2 decision by a panel of appeals judges ordered Gbagbo
and co-defendant Charles Ble Goude to be held until they can
consider prosecutors' arguments more fully.
(Reporting by Toby Sterling;
Editing by Alison Williams)
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 11:43:33 +0000 Ivory Coast 2018 tax collection up 9 pct ABIDJAN, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast collected 2.15
trillion CFA francs ($3.76 billion) in 2018, up from 1.96
trillion CFA francs in the previous year, tax chief Abou Sie
Ouattara told reporters on Thursday.
Sun, 19 Nov 2017 11:29:01 +0000 Fall Armyworms Are Ravaging Crops in Many African Countries "They've finished eating the wild plants and are now going into the villages where there is more vegetation. They eat everything in their path. All plant life is at risk."
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West African French-speaking country -bordered by Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Gulf of Guinea -world's biggest producer of cacao -In 2009, the country's population was estimated at over 20 million.
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Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:52:45 GMT A Taste of Ivory Coast in Brooklyn Cheick Cisse, the owner of New Ivoire in Harlem, opened Paradis des Gouts hoping to share the food of his childhood with those outside his immigrant community.
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:34:55 GMT Women Finding Empowerment in ‘A World of Smoke’ In an impoverished port city in the Ivory Coast, women formed a cooperative to eke out a living making charcoal from the castoffs of sawmills and workshops.
