Tokyo Olympics Football: Egypt, Ivory Coast book Q-Finals spot
By Emmanuel Okogba Two out of three Africa’s representatives in the football event of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, Egypt and Ivory Coast, Wednesday, sealed their spots for the quarter-finals. While Egypt qualified from Group C, Ivory Coast did from Group D and will play Brazil and Spain respectively. Both countries finished second in their groups […]
Court blocks Ivory Coast former president, Gbagbo, from seeking re-election
A court in Ivory Coast has confirmed the decision of the country’s electoral commission to strike off 75-year-old former president, Laurent Gbagbo, from the electoral list, his lawyer told AFP Tuesday. “It’s a definitive no,” Claude Mentenon told AFP, adding that there was no further legal recourse inside Ivory Coast. Election officials had already rejected […]
FIFA intervenes in Ivorian election squabble
FIFA has ordered the cancellation of a general assembly of the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) which had been called to vote on replacing the commission handling a presidential election, AFP learned on Sunday. The vote has turned into a soap opera marred by incessant infighting, attracting international attention because FIF had appeared to be trying to […]
Two killed in Ivory Coast election violence
At least two people were killed in ethnic clashes in Ivory Coast following President Alassane Ouattara’s controversial announcement he would run for a third term, a hospital source and local residents said Sunday. Young opposition supporters on Saturday took to the streets to voice loud and violent protest in several major cities, especially the southern […]
Violence as party chooses Ivory Coast president, Ouattara, to run 3rd term
Sporadic violence flared in Ivory Coast on Saturday after President Alassane Ouattara was chosen by his ruling party to run for a third term in an October election, despite furious opposition charges the move is unconstitutional. Ouattara, in power since 2010, said in March he would not stand again but changed his mind after the […]
Ivory Coast bars public protests until Sept 15
Ivory Coast has banned all outdoor protests until September 15, according to a statement issued on Thursday after deadly clashes ahead of presidential elections in October. The measure “draws the consequences of the impact, in human and property terms, from previous demonstrations and the risk that pockets of inter-community conflicts could open up”, the government […]
