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ECOWAS gives over US$1m relief food to Ivorian IDPs

May 24, 2012 Some of Ivory Coast IDPs

The sub-regional bloc, ECOWAS has stepped in a relatively big way to help ease the hardships faced by tens of thousands of Ivorians made Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the aftermath of the bloody post elections violence.

UN Security Council pleased with progress in post-war Liberia

May 20, 2012 Pres Sirleaf (center) meets Security Council delegation

--As they continue West Africa tour

The 15 members of the UN Security Council are continuing their West African tour, with visits to Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone.

On Saturday, the UN Security Council member were in Liberia as part of its assessment mission to the sub-region, where they had praises for the post-war nation and its leader, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.

UN Security Council begins W. African tour on Friday

May 17, 2012 UN Sec General Ban Ki Moon

The 15 Members of the United Nations Security Council are expected to begin a week-long tour of the West African sub-region beginning this Friday, a UN statement said.

Ivory Coast humanitarian programmes Under-funded

May 1, 2012 UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ivory Coast Ngokwey

--2 million may not access health care

By Suy Kahofi/WADR Abidjan Correspondent

Lack of adequate funding is undermining the implementation of humanitarian programmes in the Ivory Coast, said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in this West African country.

Ivory Coast Election Officials Dissatisfied with Polls

April 26, 2012 Ivory Coast IEC Chairman, Youssouf Bakayoko and his team

The Independent Electoral Committee, (IEC) of the Ivory Coast is dissatisfied with polls it had the responsibility to organize to take the country out of a political deadlock.

Ouattara vows to bring perpetrators of atrocities to justice

April 24, 2012 L-R Ex-Pres Gbagbo, Bedie and current Pres Ouattara

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has declared that his government would bring to justice perpetrators of the Duekoue massacre and other atrocities during the country’s armed conflict.

Ouattara makes plea for reconciliation, unity

April 23, 2012 Pres Ouattara and wife greet Ivorian traditional chiefs

President Alassane Ouattara of the Ivory Coast ends his visit to the Western region considered to be the volatile,, with a plea for national unity and reconciliation.

Ivory Coast battling against Diabetes, over 1 million afflicted

April 20, 2012 Glucose box, a kit used to test  diabetese sugar level

More than a million people are said to be affected by the diabetes disease in the Ivory Coast.

Ivorian health authorities say more than 1,500 new cases of the disease are detected every year. 

Plight of Ivory Coast cashew nut farmers amid low prices

April 19, 2012 Cashewnut

Ivory Coast Cashew nut farmers are experiencing tough times, with a drop in prices of their crop.

The country is the largest producer of cashew in Africa.

 

The French finally admit leading Gbagbo’s capture

April 12, 2012 L-R Presidents Ouattara and Sarkozy

Former  French  Ambassador to the  Ivory Coast  Jean-Marc Simon,  has  admitted  that French  troops assisted  rebel forces to attack former  president Laurent Gbagbo's residence one year ago on April 11, 2011.