November 5

• Nigeria/Cote d'Ivoire: Falcons Soar Past Lady Elephants

  The Super Falcons yesterday at the 15,000 seat capacity Estadio de Malabo defeated Cote d'Ivoire 3-1 in the last group game at the ongoing African Women's Championship in... Read more »

November 4

• Nigeria/Cote d'Ivoire: Falcons Eye Victory Against Ivory Coast

  Super Falcons will this evening square up against Cote d'Ivoire at the Estadio de Malabo in the group's last game of the ongoing Africa Women Championship in Equatorial Guinea. Read more »

September 19

• Nigeria: NAPTIP Rescues 10 Girls 'Enslaved' in Abidjan

  The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP) has evacuated ten Nigerian girls working as sex slaves in Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire. Read more »

September 16

• Nigeria: Naptip Rescues 10 Girls Trafficked to Cote d'Ivoire

  The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP) has evacuated 10 Nigerian girls working as sex slaves in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. Read more »

August 9

• Cote d'Ivoire: Cote d'Ivoire to Host African Women Award

  The ECOWAS commission has disclosed that this year's edition of the outstanding African women award will be hosted in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire in September. Read more »

July 20

• Cote d'Ivoire: Nigeria Expresses Worry Over Pro-Gbagbo Forces

  Nigeria has expressed concern over the recruitment of child soldiers by militiamen loyal to the former president of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo. Read more »

June 26

• West Africa: Ecowas Ministers in Abidjan to Discuss Free Movement of Persons

  Ministers in charge of security in West African countries are in Abidjan to examine the free movement of persons and goods within the Economic Community of West African States... Read more »

June 23

• West Africa: Cote d'Ivoire to Host 2014 Ecowas Games

  Cote D'ivoire will host the next edition of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Games in 2014. Read more »

April 26

• Nigeria: President Jonathan On Five-Day Trip to Cote d'Ivoire, Chad

  President Goodluck Jonathan will today attend an Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abidjan, Cote... Read more »

January 11

• Ghana: Ghana Dismisses Ivorian Claim to Oilfield

  The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has dismissed Ivorian claim to portions of her oil fields buried in the deep waters of the Western Region as unsubstantiated and... Read more »

December 19, 2011

• Nigeria: Laurent Gbagbo and the ICC [editorial]

  Former president of Cote d'Ivoire, Mr Laurent Gbagbo, earlier this month appeared at the International Criminal Court to answer to charges of crimes against humanity. He is the... Read more »

December 6, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: ECOWAS to Deploy 60 Election Observers

  The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, said the commission would deploy 60 election observers to Cote d'Ivoire to oversee the legislative election... Read more »

September 12, 2011

• West Africa: ECOWAS Presidents Meet Over Security Situation in Ivory Coast, Liberia

  The Heads of State and Government of Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Senegal have expressed concern over the security situation along the corridor between... Read more »

August 2, 2011

• West Africa: Ecowas to Meet Again On Cote d'Ivoire - Jonathan

  President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold a special meeting to discuss security challenges confronting Cote... Read more »

• Nigeria: Dialogue With Boko Haram, Ouattara Tells Jonathan

  Ivorian President Allaxane Quattara has urged his Nigerian counterpart, President Goodluck Jonathan, to dialogue with the Boko Haram sect to resolve the current security challenges... Read more »

May 9, 2011

• Nigeria: Rebuilding Cote d'Ivoire - Lessons From Sierra Leone [analysis]

  The demise of Laurent Gbagbo's regime offers fresh opportunities to tackle Cote d'Ivoire's intractable problems. Hundreds of people have lost their lives, about a million have been... Read more »

April 4, 2011

• West Africa: Breaking the Cote d'Ivoire Stalemate [editorial]

  Last week's decision by the Heads of State and Government of the ECOWAS bloc to consider the use of military action to intervene in the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire reflects the... Read more »

February 24, 2011

• West Africa: ECOWAS - Why We Opted Out of Cote d'Ivoire Mission

  The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it did not participate in the visit of the African Union High-Level Panel for the Resolution of the Crisis in Côte... Read more »

February 15, 2011

• West Africa: Gbagbo Sues ECOWAS Leaders

  Embattled President of Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo has asked the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice to declare as illegal the... Read more »

• Nigeria: UK Pledges Support for FG on Cote d'Ivoire

  The United Kingdom has said it would support whatever action Nigeria takes to resolve the current political impasse in Cote d'Ivoire in addition to the sanctions already imposed on... Read more »

February 14, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: Ecowas Denies Deciding on Invasion

  The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Mr. James Victor Gbeho, said the regional body has not taken a decision to invade Cote d'Ivoire... Read more »

February 2, 2011

• Africa: AU Constitutes Expert Team On Cote d'Ivoire Crisis

  The high-level panel for the resolution of the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, established by the Peace Security Council (PSC) of African Union (AU), constituted a team of experts... Read more »

January 31, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: African Union Convenes Panel to Address Crisis

  The African Union (AU) on Sunday explained that it suspended use of legitimate force to oust former President of Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, to give more room for peaceful... Read more »

January 27, 2011

• Nigeria: Ivorian Crisis and the 'International Community' [opinion]

  It is very good and profitable to be rich, powerful and very influential in this world we are living in today. I say so because if you are, what you say and what you conceive in... Read more »

January 24, 2011

• Nigeria: Ouattara to Name West African Central Bank Head

  The internationally recognised president of Cote D'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara has been asked to designate a new head for the Central Bank of West African States amid regional... Read more »