November 24

• Cote d'Ivoire: Reporters Without Borders and Congolese Partner Call for Release of Three Journalists

  To mark International Day to End Impunity, Reporters Without Borders' partner organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo, JED, has published a statement drawing attention to... Read more »

August 24

• Cote d'Ivoire: Armed Men Ransack, Set Fire to Opposition Newspaper Company

  Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns last weekend's attack on the headquarters of Cyclone, a company that publishes the opposition dailies Le Temps and Lg Infos and the... Read more »

July 25

• Cote d'Ivoire: With Mixed Record on Freedom of Information, President Ouattara Visits Paris

  On the eve of the first meeting between Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara and French President François Hollande in Paris, Reporters Without Borders urges Côte... Read more »

April 19

• Cote d'Ivoire: President Tells Missing Journalist's Wife No One Will Be Protected in Investigation

  Osange Silou-Kieffer, the wife of Franco-Canadian journalist Guy-André Kieffer missing in Côte d'Ivoire, received an assurance from President Alassane Ouattara... Read more »

April 17

• Cote d'Ivoire: 'Eight Years Without an Answer Is Long Enough,' Missing Journalist's Wife Says

  Osange Silou-Kieffer today marked the eighth anniversary of the abduction and disappearance of her husband, Franco-Canadian journalist Guy-André Kieffer, by leading a... Read more »

April 13

• Cote d'Ivoire: Journalist's Wife to Visit Abidjan For Eight Anniversary of Disappearance

  Osange Silou-Kieffer, the wife of the missing Franco-Canadian journalist Guy-André Kieffer, and Reporters Without Borders will begin a five-day visit to the Ivorian business... Read more »

March 28

• Cote d'Ivoire: Police Intelligence Arrest Opposition Media Executive [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders calls on the interior ministry to immediately account for media executive Ousmane Sy Savané's arrest yesterday by the Directorate for Territorial... Read more »

February 1

• Cote d'Ivoire: Newspaper Editor Arrested for Publishing 'Confidential Information'

  Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of Charles Sanga, the managing editor of the daily Le Patriote, who was arrested by the Directorate for Territorial... Read more »

January 20

• Cote d'Ivoire: Emergency Funds for Targeted Journalist Unable to Get Medical Treatment

  Reporters Without Borders is providing temporary financial assistance to Awa Ehoura, a journalist who presented the 8 p.m. news programme on state-owned... Read more »

January 13

• Cote d'Ivoire: Disinterred Body Was Not Missing Journalist's

  Reporters Without Borders reaffirms its support for the family of missing Franco-Canadian journalist Guy-André Kieffer, which learned yesterday that DNA tests have... Read more »

January 9

• Cote d'Ivoire: Body Found That Could Be Missing French Journalist's

  Reporters Without Borders hails French investigating judge Patrick Ramaël’s efforts to advance the investigation into Franco-Canadian journalist Guy-André... Read more »

December 31, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: TV Presenter Freed Conditionally After Being Held for Five Months

  RTI presenter Hermann Aboa was released provisionally from Abidjan's main prison this afternoon after five months in detention. He continues to face prosecution on charges of... Read more »

November 24, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: Jailed Journalist Aboa Denied Bail, Others Summoned and Threatened

  Press freedom in Côte d'Ivoire remains a cause of serious concern seven months after President Alassane Ouattara came to power. Read more »

September 7, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: Open Letter to President Asking Him to Intercede For Imprisoned Journalist [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders wrote to President Alassane Ouattara today asking him to help obtain the provisional release of Hermann Aboa, a journalist with state-owned... Read more »

July 27, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: Journalist Who Supported Former Regime Facing Possible Life Sentence [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is very concerned about Hermann Aboa, a journalist employed by state-owned Radio-Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI) and a supporter of the former... Read more »

May 26, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: Pro-Gbagbo Journalist Murdered [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is shocked to learn that Sylvain Gagnetaud, a journalist who openly supported former President Laurent Gbagbo's Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), was killed... Read more »

May 24, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: Opposition Press Resumes Publishing [press release]

  Notre Voie, a daily that supports former President Laurent Gbagbo's Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), was on sale today in Abidjan for the first time since Gbagbo's ouster on 11 April.... Read more »

May 11, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: Press in Turmoil After Gbagbo Fall [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is disturbed by developments in Côte d'Ivoire, where a month after Laurent Gbagbo's fall, a question mark hangs over press freedom. Newspapers loyal... Read more »

April 20, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: Call to Avoid Media Vengeance by Civil War Victors [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders warned today against "unacceptable and disgraceful" attempts by supporters of new President Alassane Ouattara to take physical revenge on several... Read more »

April 18, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: President Ouattara Wants to Ensure All Journalists Can Work Freely, Says Ambassador [press release]

  A top official of Cote d'Ivoire's new government has assured Reporters Without Borders that it will respect media freedom, after the organisation called for an end to the... Read more »

April 15, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: 'Whole Truth' Will Be Told About 2004 Disappearance of Journalist

  Côte d'Ivoire's ambassador in Paris, Ally Coulibaly, has promised the family of vanished French-Canadian journalist Guy-André Kieffer that "the whole truth" will be... Read more »

April 7, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: Initial Evaluation of Battle for Abidjan's Impact on Media [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is offering an initial assessment of the impact on the media of the past six days of fighting for the control of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire's commercial... Read more »

April 2, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: Control of News And Information Part of Battle for Abidjan

  Reporters Without Borders fears that the ongoing military battle for control of Côte d'Ivoire's business capital, Abidjan, could be accompanied by atrocities and massacres.... Read more »

March 30, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo Camp to Block Access to Independent And Opposition Websites

  The Côte d'Ivoire Telecommunications Agency (ATCI) announced in a directive dated 24 March that it intends to block access to several independent and anti-Gbagbo websites.... Read more »

March 12, 2011

• Cote d'Ivoire: No Newspapers On Sale As a Result of Political Crisis

  No newspapers were distributed today in Côte d'Ivoire, where the protracted political impasse is creating an extremely grave if not impossible situation for journalists and... Read more »