[IPS]Abidjan -"I'm middle class. Definitively," Sonia Anoh, a young and independent 30-year-old Ivorian tells IPS. Anoh has a master's degree, earns 1,470 dollars a month working in marketing, lives alone, owns a car and is now shopping for a home. But while Anoh freely talks about her economic status, not many others brag so easily about being middle class in this West African nation....
[IMF]An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visited Abidjan during March 11-26, 2014, to conduct discussions on the fifth review of Côte d'Ivoire's economic and financial program supported by an arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF).1...
[VOA]Charles Ble Goude, a youth minister in former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo's administration is scheduled to make an initial appearance before a judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Thursday, according to Fadi El Abdallah, spokesperson of the ICC....
[UNEP]Cape Town -South Africa Offers Use of Marine Research Vessel Free to Boost Oceans Valuation...
[Africa Top Sports]What a season for Manchester United. The defending champion club of England suffered in Tuesday's clash against their rival city (0-3) again. At Old Trafford, the Red Devils have never existed and increasingly, a European place is getting away from teammates of Rooney....
[Heritage]Prosecution First Witness in the ongoing Mercenary Trial involving eighteen (18) individuals has admitted that he fought in the Ivorian crisis....
[NEWS]The first state witness in the case involving 18 Liberians who allegedly fought alongside with rebels loyal to former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, on Tuesday stunned his listeners when he testified that seven United Nations peacekeepers were killed in an ambush set up by them....
[Heritage]The state on Monday, March 24, 2014 submitted over 50 pieces of evidence in the ongoing mercenary trial. The submission of additional evidence was based on an earlier request by one of the defense counsels for the prosecution to present copies of additional evidence not submitted when the trial commenced....
[UNHCR]Solo Reugee Camp -The Liberian government, with the help of UNHCR, closed Solo refugee camp in the south-east of the country as the number of Ivorians returning home picked up pace in the first months of this year....
[Hirondelle]Arusha -Former Ivorian Youth Minister Charles Blé Goudé was transferred Saturday to the International Criminal Court, according to an ICC press release....
[Heritage]The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC) have officially closed the Solo Refugee Camp in Grand Gedeh County....
[New Dawn]The suspected of being a troublesome camp hosting Ivorian refugees in Grand Gedeh County has been closed by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), and subsequently turned over to the community through the government of Liberia....
[VOA]Ivory Coast is transferring the head of a former youth group linked to deadly violence following the 2010 election to the International Criminal Court, where he faces charges of crimes against humanity....
[AI London]The decision taken today by the Côte d'Ivoire to send former militia leader Charles Blé Goudé, accused of crimes against humanity, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a key step towards justice for the victims of serious abuses following elections three years ago, said Amnesty International....
[FrontPageAfrica]Monrovia -The Federal Republic of Germany, through its embassy in Monrovia, on 18 March awarded scholarships to 15 Ivorian refugees to pursue higher education in various tertiary institutions in Liberia. The second batch of 18 refugees is being identified for the 2014 - 2015 academic year....
[Africa Top Sports]After France, England, China and Turkey (currently), Didier Drogba could also taste the Italian championship. While Totti wants to see him at AS Roma, the Ivorian striker is monitored closely by another Italian club....
[Africa Top Sports]Two weeks ago, it was the duel everyone expected. And it finally came up short. Only 10 minutes, the time that Samuel Eto'o got on the lawn of the Telekom Arena in Istanbul and Didier Drogba for his part gave way after a tough match against his former teammates....
[Africa Top Sports]The duel between African stars turned in favor of Samuel Eto'o. It was he who opened the scoring at Stamford Bridge for the Knockouts return leg match of the Champions League between Chelsea and Galatasaray....
[Africa Top Sports]Stamford Bridge was not mistaken. The fetish lair of Chelsea paid tribute to Dider Drogba Tuesday during his return to London for the knockouts return leg match of the Champions League....
[FrontPageAfrica]Monrovia -State and defense lawyers in an on-going mercenary re- trial of 18 defendants have taken a week without selecting a single juror out of the nine jurors currently needed under the new juror law to hear and bring down a verdict at the end of the trial....