The Netherlands announced Wednesday it was prepared to welcome some of the 32 migrants waiting to disembark from a Dutch-flagged vessel in the Mediterranean, if other countries did the same. “The Netherlands has indicated a readiness to possibly take in a proportional number of migrants who are on board Sea-Watch 3, on condition that other […]
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Former African champions Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Zambia all lost at home Saturday on a day of upsets in the first qualifying round for the 2019 Cup of Nations. Three-time champions Nigeria lost a competitive game against South Africa for the first time when they fell 2-0 in the southern Nigerian town of Uyo in […]
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The trial of Simone Gbagbo for crimes against humanity resumed Monday, after a two-month break for health reasons, with a witness accusing the Ivory Coast former first lady of having distributed arms following her husband’s 2010 election defeat. “Madame Gbagbo distributed arms to (Abidjan suburb) Abobo”, the witness, in his sixties, told the court, speaking […]
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Randgold Resources’ Tongon mine in Ivory Coast is on track to produce 260,000 ounces of gold this year, up from 242,948 ounces last year, CEO Mark Bristow told Reuters late on Saturday. The figure was lower than an earlier forecast of 290,000 ounces, and Bristow said this was chiefly owing to an erratic power supply. An […]
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Ivory Coast’s parliament on Friday voted overwhelmingly in favour of holding a referendum on a new constitution that would among other measures remove a controversial nationality clause that contributed to years of unrest and civil war. According to Reuters, President Ouattara pledged during his campaign for re-election last year to scrap the clause, which states […]
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