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A court in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, sentences four Malian men to life imprisonment for inciting an Islamist mass shooting that killed 19 people and injured 33 others at a beach resort in Grand-Bassam in 2016.
2022-12-28

A military court in Burkina Faso indicts ("in absentia") ex-President Blaise Compaoré, who is charged with the 1987 murder of his immediate predecessor Thomas Sankara. Compaoré ruled the nation for 27 years following Sankara's assassination before resigning in the face of protests in 2014 and fleeing into exile in Ivory Coast. The court indicts thirteen other Burkinabé ex-officials accused of various crimes including murder.
2021-04-13

Pope Francis issues an appeal to authorities in Ivory Coast to establish a climate of mutual trust and dialogue in the West African nation, where controversial elections have led to violence and a mass exodus from the country.
2020-11-15

In the wake of the 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights states that mass graves containing 68 bodies have been found in the Ivorian city of Abidjan.
2011-05-9

Fighters backing internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara launch a "general offensive" in the west, centre-west and east of Ivory Coast.
2011-03-29

Laurent Gbagbo, the President of Ivory Coast, nationalises the coffee and cocoa industries which are the Ivory Coast's two biggest crops.
2011-03-7

At least five people are killed in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, as clashes continue between police and supporters of presidential aspirant Alassane Ouattara.
2011-01-11

At least 14 people in Duékoué, Ivory Coast are killed in clashes between opposing sides in the Presidential election crisis.
2011-01-6

Opposition protesters in the Ivory Coast attempt to seize the state television station in central Abidjan, which is surrounded by the army. At least fifteen people have died in clashes.
2010-12-16

Voters in the Ivory Coast go to the polls for the second round of the Ivorian presidential election with violent clashes having occurred between rival supporters.
2010-11-28