Sources: Reuters
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
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
The government of Ivory Coast grants amnesty to former First Lady Simone Gbagbo a week after the Supreme Court of Ivory Coast suprême (Côte d'Ivoire) overturned her acquittal for crimes against humanity. 2018-08-6
A trial at a court in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, opens to try former President Blaise Compaoré and members of his cabinet in absentia. Burkina Faso accuses Compaoré, who is in exile in the Ivory Coast, of ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him in 2014. 2017-05-15
Gunmen seize a Nigerian-owned, Panama-flagged tanker with crew off the coast of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast. 2013-01-21
2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede: At least 60 people are killed and more than 200 injured in a stampede during a New Year's fireworks celebration near the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. 2013-01-1
Alassane Ouattara is inaugurated as President of the Ivory Coast. 2011-05-21
Rebels in the Ivory Coast seize another town from the control of incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, who refused to step down following a disputed presidential election. Unrest occurs in the capital Yamoussoukro. 2011-02-25
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
The United Nations says 173 people have been killed during post-election violence in the Ivory Coast. 2010-12-23