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UNDP and Partners Support Ghana to Strengthen Sovereign Credit Ratings for Sustainable Financing
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with support from the Government of Japan, has concluded a two-day National Workshop on Sovereign Credit Ratings and Development in Ghana. The training forms part of the UNDP Africa Credit Ratings...

West African Health Ministers Unite to Push for Lassa Fever Vaccine
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire—Health ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have pledged their support to advance the development and promotion of a Lassa fever vaccine. This commitment was made during the 2nd ECOWAS Lassa...

“Do not be frightened by crosses”: Catholic Bishop at 75th Anniversary of Legion of Mary in Ivory Coast
For the Ivorian member of the Congregation of the Sons of Divine Providence (FDP, Don Orione Fathers), it is in hope and faith in Christ that one knows they are true disciples, because “to be a disciple is to let oneself be guided.” “To be a...

Gbenyiri conflict: Ablakwa holds diplomatic talks with Ivorian authorities in Abidjan
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is holding diplomatic talks with Ivorian authorities in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The talks come ahead of his planned visit to a site believed to be providing shelter for over ten thousand...

Gbenyiri conflict: Ablakwa arrives in Abidjan to visit Ghanaian refugees
Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has arrived in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, ahead of his planned mission to the asylum site providing shelter for over 10,000 Ghanaians who have fled into the neighbouring country. This follows the...

GNPC Chief Executive named chairman of African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation
The CEO of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Kwame Ntow Amoah, has been appointed Chairman of the African Petroleum Producers' Organisation (APPO), marking a significant milestone for Ghana's leadership in the continent's energy sector....

Massive Hippo Overturns Boat In Ivory Coast; 11 Passengers Missing, Including Children
Massive Hippo Overturns Boat In Ivory Coast; 11 Passengers Missing, Including Children | Canva In a tragic face-off with a wild hippopotamus in the Ivory Coast, 11 passengers riding in a packed boat went missing after it was overturned by the wild...

Rogue hippo capsizes boat along Sassandra River in Ivory Coast, 11 people missing
A rogue hippopotamus overturned a boat with passengers in the Ivory Coast, leaving 11 people including children and a baby missing, authorities reported, as reported by New York Post. The boat, carrying 14 people, was traveling along the Sassandra...

Hippo overturns boat in Ivory Coast, children among 11 people missing
At least 11 people are missing after a hippopotamus overturned a passenger boat in southwestern Ivory Coast, authorities said. The missing include women, children and a baby. A hippopotamus struck and capsized a boat in Sassandra River, Ivory...

Hippo horror in Ivory Coast: Boat capsizes on Sassandra River, throwing people into water; children among 11 go missing
At least 11 people, including women, children, and a baby, are missing after a hippopotamus capsized a passenger boat on the Sassandra River in western Ivory Coast on Friday, authorities said.The boat, carrying 14 passengers, overturned in Buyo on...

Hippopotamus capsizes boat in Ivory Coast, 11 people missing
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Eleven people including children were missing after a hippopotamus capsized their boat in southwestern Ivory Coast, a government official said Saturday. The West African nation’s minister for national cohesion and...

Hippo capsizes boat in Ivory Coast, leaving 11 people missing — including children and baby
A rogue hippopotamus capsized a boat packed with passengers in the Ivory Coast, leaving 11 people — including children and a baby — missing, according to authorities. The boat, carrying 14 passengers, was traveling along the Sassandra River in the...

GNPC CEO named chairman of continental oil body
The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Kwame Ntow Amoah, has been appointed Chairman of the African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO), marking a significant milestone for Ghana's leadership in the...
Cargill Halts Ivory Coast Operations Amid Cocoa Crisis
Cargill has suspended cocoa grinding operations in Ivory Coast due to poor bean quality, highlighting deepening supply chain disruptions that threaten global chocolate production and underscore structural challenges facing West Africa’s dominant...

Over 800 experts rally in Abidjan to tackle Lassa Fever
Health MORE than 800 health experts, policymakers, and technical partners from Africa, Europe, and the Americas were in Abidjan for the 2nd ECOWAS International Conference on Lassa Fever. Dr Melchior Aïssi, Director-General of the West African...

Guinea's Tierno Monenembo: stolen words and diehard critic of military rule
Guinean writer Tierno Monenembo will boycott his country's upcoming constitutional referendum, calling the vote a "farce". Unwaveringly critical of the authoritarian junta in power, he said he is ready to "die for his ideas". In the lush garden of...
11 missing after canoe capsizes in Cote d'Ivoire
ABIDJAN, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Eleven people were missing after a canoe capsized Friday on the Sassandra River in Buyo town, southwestern Cote d'Ivoire, a senior official has said. "It is with profound sorrow that we have learned of the...

Hippo capsizes boat in Ivory Coast, 11 missing, including a baby
Eleven people, including children and a baby, are missing after a hippopotamus overturned their boat in Ivory Coast. ABIDJAN, Sept 7: Eleven people, including children and a baby, are missing after a hippopotamus overturned their boat on the...

Major FIFA rule change confirmed – and it could impact Sunderland in the Premier League
Sunderland’s schedule will change next season after FIFA approved a new format for international breaks Sunderland will be impacted by a major change to the international football calendar from 2026 onwards. The shift comes ahead of the expanded...

Hippopotamus capsizes boat in Ivory Coast, 11 missing
FILE PHOTO/Agence France-Presse ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Eleven people including children were missing after a hippopotamus capsized their boat in southwestern Ivory Coast, a government official said Saturday. The West African nation’s minister for...