Ivory Coast Vice President resigns, days after PM dies
Ivory Coast’s Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan has stepped down less than a week after the sudden death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly. Duncan “handed his resignation to the president on personal grounds on February 27”, the presidency said on Monday in a statement read by chief of staff Patrick Achi. “After several conversations, the […]
Didier Drogba gets zero votes in Ivory Coast FA elections
Former Chelsea striker, Didier Drogba’s ambition of leading Cote d’Ivoire football faced a halt after former players unanimously voted for his rival. All eleven out of fourteen members of Association of Former Ivorian Footballers who participated in the voting exercise via video conferencing endorsed Sory Diabate. Of the 14 members in the Association, 11 voted […]
JUST IN: Coronavirus hits Africa as one tests positive in Ivory Coast
Health authorities in Ivory Coast are investigating a suspected case of Wuhan coronavirus in a female student who arrived from China, officials have said. The student, whom authorities have not named, is the first person to be tested for the virus on the continent, CNN reports. The virus has killed at least 80 people in […]
AFCON2019: Cameroon to Face Nigeria in Last-16 (Full Fixtures)
Africa Cup of Nations: Last 16 Uganda v Senegal 5 July, Cairo Morocco v Benin 5 July, Cairo Madagascar v DR Congo 7 July, Alexandria Ghana v Tunisia 8 July, Ismailia Mali v Ivory Coast 8 July, Suez Algeria v Guinea 7 July, Cairo Nigeria v Cameroon 6 July, Alexandria Egypt v South Africa 6 […]
West African Nations Adopt ECO As ‘Single Currency’
Beginning in January 2020, countries within the West African sub-region will be able to use a single currency called ECO. The currency was adopted by the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on Saturday in Nigeria’s capital Abuja. The West African leaders endorsed the currency at their 55th Ordinary Session and approved a road map […]
