Shooting In Abidjan and Bouake
Heavy gunfire has erupted in Ivory Coast's two biggest cities, as a mutiny in the army enters its fourth day. The mutineers blocked roads outside a barracks in an affluent neighbourhood of Abidjan,...
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High Import Duties Collapsing Suame Magazine
Some mechanics and spare parts dealers are complaining of high cost of import duties Springs Dealers Association at Suame Magazine in the Ashanti Region has disclosed that Suame Magazine is gradually...
Soldiers Block Major Ivory Coast City
Angry soldiers have blocked off access to Bouaké, the second largest city in the Ivory Coast, as a revolt over a pay dispute continues. One of the uprising's leaders said the soldiers were "ready to...
Jumia Travel Outdoors Programme To Boost Hospitality Industry
Africa’s leading online travel agency, Jumia Travel has announced the launch of its loyalty programme aimed at creating more value for its loyal customers by enabling them to save as much as 10 to...
Soldiers Cut Off Second City Bouake
Angry soldiers have blocked off access to Bouaké, the second largest city in the Ivory Coast, as a revolt over a pay dispute continues. One of the uprising’s leaders said the soldiers were...
Rebel Soldiers Block Access To I.Coast’s Second-Largest City
Defiant soldiers blocked access to Ivory Coast's second-largest city on Saturday after firing guns into the air throughout the night, according to an AFP journalist at the scene. Rebellious soldiers...
Gunfire As I.Coast Troops Resume Protest Despite ‘apology’
Disgruntled Ivorian soldiers took to the streets of Abidjan and two other cities on Friday, firing angrily into the air a day after publicly apologising for a string of recent uprisings. Rebellious...
Gunfire In I.Coast Barracks After Rebels ‘apologise’ For Mutiny
Sporadic gunfire rang out overnight in a military barracks in Ivory Coast's second city of Bouake, where a mutiny erupted in January, an AFP journalist said Friday. The shots were heard just hours...
A Case For French Language Education
In Togo last week, President Akufo-Addo disclosed that the study of French language will be compulsory in all Senior High Schools from next academic year, which is September. This has ignited a...
Ivory Coast’s Rebel Soldiers Apologise To President
Some 8,400 Ivory Coast soldiers who mutinied in January apologised to President Alassane Ouattara in an orchestrated ceremony that was aired on national television late Thursday. Organised without...
Amewu Garners Support For Galamsey Fight From African Missions
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has been courting the support of African Heads of missions in the fight against illegal mining. According to him, the menace defies...
What Emmanuel Macron’s Win Means For Africa
Emmanuel Macron's decisive win in the French presidential election has not only spurred enthusiasm in Europe. Across Africa, where France retains huge influence in its former colonies, his election...
We’ll Accept Judgment On Ivory Coast Maritime Dispute – Nana Addo
President Akufo-Addo has suggested that Ghana is ready to accept any ruling by the Tribunal for the International Law of the Sea over the dispute of the maritime boundary between Ghana and Côte...
Former Rebels Block Entrance To I. Coast’s Second City
Several hundred ex-rebels on Monday blocked access to Ivory Coast's second city Bouake, their former stronghold, seeking thousands of euros in bonuses in line with a deal following a deadly January...
We’ll Accept Judgment On Ivory Coast Maritime Dispute
President Akufo-Addo has suggested that Ghana is ready to accept any ruling by the Tribunal for the International Law of the Sea over the dispute of the maritime boundary between Ghana and Côte...
Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire To Sign Agreement For Strategic Partnership
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has revealed that close co-operation between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire will be facilitated by a new initiative dubbed “An Agreement For a Strategic...
Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire To Sign “agreement For Strategic Partnership”
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has revealed that close co-operation between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire will be facilitated by a new initiative dubbed “An Agreement For a...
Nana Akufo-Addo Honoured In Cote d’Ivoire
The President of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, on Friday, May 5, 2017, decorated Ghana's President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo with his country's highest national award, La...
Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire To Sign ‘Agreement For Strategic Partnership’
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has revealed that close co-operation between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire will be facilitated by a new initiative dubbed “An Agreement For a...
Akufo-Addo’s Response To the Receipt of Burkina Faso Highest National Award
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was on Friday, May 5 decorated with the highest national award of Burkina Faso. The award, the Grand Croix de l’Ordre National, was conferred on Ghana’s...