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New energy deal to strengthen Ghana–Ivory Coast electricity ties
The Herald Ghana
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June 30, 2025
By Patrick Biddah Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have taken a significant step toward regional energy integration with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the 330 kV Double Circuit Interconnection Project between the two...
Ivory Coast inaugurates first archaeological museum
The Peninsula
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June 30, 2025
Swiss Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider (second left) cuts an inaugural band flanked by Ivorian Minister of Culture and Francophonie Françoise Remarck (centre), Ivorian Minister of Health Pierre Demba (right) during the inauguration of...
AU Emphasizes Role of Legal Professionals in Achieving Reparative Justice in International System
Sada Elbalad
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June 30, 2025
Mon 30 Jun 2025 | 07:59 PM Ambassador Amr Aljowaily, Director of the Directorate of Citizens and Diaspora at the African Union Commission, delivered the opening address at the 15th Annual Conference of the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU), held...
Hope for Africa’s donkeys as Ministers rally against skin trade
Fresh Angle
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Ministers from across Africa have made a unanimous commitment to formally protect the continent’s donkeys, honouring the African Union’s 2024 directive and heralding the end of the donkey skin trade in Africa. The Abidjan Declaration was made at...
Kalmar, AGL team up on STS crane work in Abidjan
Port Technology International
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June 30, 2025
Kalmar and Africa Global Logistics (AGL) have cooperated on a project to refurbish two ship-to-shore (STS) cranes at AGL’s container terminal in the Port of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The order was booked in Kalmar’s Q4 2024 order intake, and the work...
Kalmar And AGL Collaborate On STS Crane Repair And Refurbishment Project In Abidjan
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) KALMAR CORPORATION, TRADE PRESS RELEASE, 30 JUNE 2025 AT 10 AM (EEST) Kalmar and AGL collaborate on STS crane repair and refurbishment project in Abidjan Kalmar and Africa Global Logistics (AGL) have cooperated on...
West African governments must push for harmonised visa regimes, cross border connectivity – GTA
Ghana Business News
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June 30, 2025
Marilyn Maame Efua Houadjeto – CEO – GTA Mrs Marilyn Maame Efua Houadjeto, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), says West African governments must push for more harmonized visa regimes, improved cross-border...
Ivory Coast: African Union court deals heavy blow to Gbagbo's fresh presidency bid
Africanews
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June 28, 2025
Laurent Gbagbo who ruled Ivory Coast from 2000 until he was forced from power in 2011 had ran to the continental court to challenge his disqualification from seeking the presidency over a criminal conviction. Despite being acquitted on charges of...
Passengers fume as Air Côte d'Ivoire fails to deliver luggage
Punch
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June 28, 2025
Passengers inbound to Nigeria from Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast, have expressed their dissatisfaction with Air Côte d’Ivoire’s refusal to bring their luggage to Nigeria three days after they arrived. The passengers who joined the flight in...
African Union court denies Cote d'Ivoire opposition leaders'...
Modern Ghana
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The African Union's human rights court has rejected petitions by former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo and former prime minister Guillaume Soro to overturn bans on their running in the country's upcoming presidential election. Gbagbo and Soro...
Cote d'Ivoire holds 3rd Int'l Audio-Visual Content Fair in Abidjan
Xinhua News Agency
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ABIDJAN, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire on Thursday launched the third edition of its International Audio-Visual Content Fair (SICA), a three-day event aimed at strengthening the African audiovisual industry through digital sovereignty and the...
Cote d'Ivoire inaugurates China-backed cocoa complex
Xinhua News Agency
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ABIDJAN, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Vice President of Cote d'Ivoire Tiemoko Meyliet Kone on Thursday thanked China for its support during the inauguration of a cocoa processing industrial complex backed by Beijing. "I seize this opportunity to thank the...
Morocco’s US$1.3b Atlantic trade corridor aims to bridge Africa’s divides, but security and politics remain hurdles
Malay Mail
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June 29, 2025
EL ARGOUB, June 29 — A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western Sahara. The “Atlantic...
African Union court rejects comeback bids for Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo
Cameroon Intelligence Report
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June 27, 2025
The African Union’s human rights court on Thursday rejected a petition by Ivory Coast’s ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, who argued his rights were violated by a criminal conviction that is blocking his comeback bid. The court, known as the African...
Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire formalise cross-border electricity project with MoU signing
GhanaWeb
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June 27, 2025
Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have taken major steps toward the implementation of their 330kV interconnection project with the official adoption and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish two key governance structures. According to...
Alex Berger, Producer of Legendary French Series ‘The Bureau,’ on Putting His Money Where His Mouth Was on the Ivory Coast Shoot of Arte’s Ambitious Arte Series ‘Eldorado’
Variety
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June 27, 2025
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Producer Alex Berger of “The Bureau” and “La Maison” fame, delivered a rousing keynote speech on the Thursday opening day of the International Salon for Audiovisual Content (SICA) in Abidjan, drilling down on “Eldorado,”one...
Court rejects Ivory Coast opposition leaders’ appeals
African Insider
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June 27, 2025
Abidjan – The African Union’s human rights court on Thursday rejected a petition by Ivory Coast’s ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, who argued his rights were violated by a criminal conviction that is blocking his comeback bid. The court, known as the...
Ivory Coast youth, a giant majority, await their turn in politics
African Insider
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June 26, 2025
Abidjan – As Ivory Coast heads for presidential elections this year, the heaviest hitters remain two octogenarians who have dominated its politics for decades – but three in four citizens in the African dynamo are under 35. At age 83, President...
Sierra Leone Stakes Next Oil Frontier Claim
Oil Price
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June 30, 2025
African countries have recently started making more and more headlines with their plans to develop local oil and gas reserves despite strong opposition from foreign environmentalist organisations and international lenders. The latest to join the...
ECOWAS to deploy pre-election fact-finding mission to Côte d’Ivoire
Tribune Online
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June 28, 2025
The ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework and the decision of the Conference of Heads of State and Government to send pre-election missions in a timely manner to Member States holding elections underpin the latest move by the regional body. The...