Ivory Coast’s Elephants look forward to facing Canada, New Zealand in Toronto

TORONTO – Ask Ivory Coast soccer coach Emerse Fae about Canada and he is quick to praise — and reel off names. “I like this team because the Canada team has very good players — good players like Jonathan David, like (Cyle) Larin, a good striker. Alphonso …

Everton eyeing summer deal to sign "complete" 6-cap Ivory Coast international

Everton are reportedly interested in signing a "complete" midfielder in the summer transfer window, and his versatility could be a major weapon for David Moyes. Everton reveal £100m transfer budget The Blues feel like they are beginning a new …

Ousmane Sonko’s visit to Ivory Coast: trade, security and industrialization on the menu

Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, on an official visit to Côte d’Ivoire from May 29 to June 1, held a series of high-level meetings with his Ivorian counterpart, Robert Beugré Mambé, accompanied by around ten members of his government. This working and …

Ivory Coast opposition call for election reform ahead of vote

The Ivory Coast's political opposition, an alliance of parties known as the Coalition for a Peaceful Alternation, called on Saturday for political dialogue with the ruling party, Rally of the Republicans (RDR), five months ahead of the presidential …

Ivory Coast presidential race: Key opposition figures barred from running

Eni Eyes Biofuel Feedstock Production in Ivory Coast

Eni SpA has signed an agreement with Côte d’Ivoire’s Agriculture Ministry to explore the potential of cultivating biofuel crops in the West African country. The memorandum of understanding “aims to enhance the rubber (hevea) supply chain and to assess the …

Rugby World Cup 1995 | On this day: Springbok dirt-trackers struggle against Romania, joy for Ivory Coast and Samoa ...

Looking back at the Springboks’ second match of the 1995 World Cup — their dogged 21–8 defeat of Romania — you gain a deep understanding that this was still very much the amateur era. Some 28 years later, the Boks would heavily experiment with their …

Northwest Coast Art in the British Museum

This month, Art of the Ancestors features items from the British Museum originating from the Northwest coast region of Canada (British Columbia) to the United States (from the State of Washington to southern Alaska). The Northwest Coast peoples are …

High-rise, high expectations: is Casablanca’s finance hub a model for African development?

For centuries, Casablanca was a significant trading hub for merchants from across the breadth of the Atlantic coast, given its geographical position between Africa, the Middle East and Europe. These days, Morocco’s economic capital is merging those …

VP Shettima urges Vitol Group to back $25 billion Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday met with executives of the Vitol Group at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, where he called on investors to tap into Nigeria’s vast gas sector potential. He disclosed that the Federal Government is actively advancing …