Sources: Reuters
Seven people are killed and nine others are injured after a building collapses in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. 2023-06-30
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo returns to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, for the first time in nearly 10 years, after the International Criminal Court upheld his acquittal for his role in the violence committed in the aftermath of the 2010 presidential elections earlier this year. The government of current president Alassane Ouattara supported his return as necessary for reconciliation, but did not comment if he will be imprisoned for misappropriating funds from a regional bank, for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison in November 2019. 2021-06-17
Incumbent president of the Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara is declared the victor of the latest presidential election which has been boycotted by the political opposition as a third term for Ouattara was deemed unconstitutional. The election was overshadowed by deadly clashes with at least 30 casualties. 2020-11-3
Police and protesters clash in Ivory Coast, after the latter dismantled a half-built COVID-19 testing center over fears that people using the facility would spread the virus through their district. 2020-04-6
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara says former leader Laurent Gbagbo will face charges at the national and international level. 2011-04-13
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
Kenya calls on African nations to oust Ivory Coast incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo from office, by force if necessary, if he does not step down. 2010-12-18
An alliance of opposition parties that endorse the presidency of Alassane Ouattara in the Ivory Coast call for mass protests, following the presidential election. 2010-12-15
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
At least three people die in protests in the Ivory Coast over a curfew imposed ahead of the second round of the Ivorian presidential election. 2010-11-27