Mounting tension ahead of next month’s presidential election in Ivory Coast, coupled with a drier-than-normal little dry season—not to mention a significant weakening of the dollar—have combined to support continued fund buying of cocoa. In its most recent report, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission [...]
As a group, international observers have not been shy about their concerns over Ivory Coast’s political stability ahead of the country’s presidential election. Ivory Coast saw civil wars in 2002 and 2011, and now the question is whether a third civil war could be triggered [...]
Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo has applied for a passport so he can visit Ivory Coast, according to a statement by his lawyer reported by CGTN. Gbagbo, ousted after refusing to recognize an election won by current president Alassane Ouattara in 2010, was acquitted [...]
Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara has announced that he will not run for a third term, ending months of speculation. Ouattara had previously argued that his past and current term would not count towards term limits outlined in the country’s newly adopted constitution. The [...]
The men who would be president? Amid a healthy main crop, the political environment in Ivory Coast is gaining more attention with dramatic developments in the last month. Might Alassane Ouattara run once more? Recognized as the winner of the 2010 presidential election, Ouattara [...]
