Ouattara

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  He Had Smuggled His 8-Year-Old Into Spain In Suitcase And Is Now On Trial

  The heart-rending photo went round the world in 2015, showing an eight-year-old boy from Ivory Coast crammed into a suitcase that was found at a Spanish border crossing.

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  President Pranab Mukherjee Awarded Highest Honour Of Cote D'Ivoirie

  President Pranab Mukherjee has been accorded the highest honour of Cote D'Ivoirie by its President Alassane Ouattara on his maiden visit to Abidjan.

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  Alassane Ouattara Wins Second Term as Ivory Coast President

  Alassane Ouattara has won a second term as Ivory Coast president in the nation's first peaceful vote in more than a decade, cementing its return to stability after years of turbulence, results showed Wednesday.

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  Ivory Coast Leader Launches Re-Election Bid With Pledge on Justice

  Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara pledged on Friday to improve citizens' access to justice as he launched his bid for re-election in an Oct. 25 poll he hopes will cement the country's economic recovery following a brief civil war.

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  Ivory Coast President Urges Reconciliation Ahead of Key Vote

  Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara called on his supporters to "forgive" their political opponents on Sunday, while also urging them to mobilise for upcoming presidential elections in which he is seeking a second term.

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  Boy Smuggled Into Spain in Suitcase to be Reunited With Mother

  An African boy found inside a suitcase at a Spanish border crossing will be reunited with his mother since DNA tests proved the two are related, the family's lawyer said today.

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  Ghana and Ivory Coast Leaders Discuss Maritime Dispute

  The presidents of Ghana and Ivory Coast on Monday held talks on a maritime dispute hanging over oil projects near their shared border, the two sides said in a joint statement released in Accra.

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  Ivory Coast's 'Iron Lady' Simone Gbagbo Jailed for 20 Years

  A court in Ivory Coast today sentenced former first lady Simone Gbagbo to a 20-year prison term on charges of "undermining state security" during post-election violence in 2010-2011 that left nearly 3,000 dead.

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  Morocco Says Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaore to Stay for Limited Period

  Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore, who was toppled in a popular uprising last month, will stay in Morocco for a limited period after fleeing his country, the Moroccan government said today.

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  Ivory Coast President Promises to Double FIFA World Cup Bonuses

  Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara has said he will double his players' World Cup win bonuses if they beat Greece in their final group game on Tuesday.

• Ouattara inaugurated as Ivory Coast President

  President Alassane Ouattara was inaugurated on Saturday as Ivory Coast's President in the stately ceremony he should have enjoyed six months ago, but was prevented from holding by the entrenched ruler who refused to accept his election defeat and nearly dragged the nation into civil war in a bid to stay in power.In an effort to stop Ouattara from a...

• Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo is captured

  After a week of heavy fighting, forces backing Ivory Coast's internationally recognized leader on Monday arrested strongman Laurent Gbagbo who had refused to leave the presidency despite losing elections more than four months earlier.The dispute over the presidency had pushed the world's largest cocoa producer to the brink of a renewed civil war, w...

• In bunker, Ivory's Coast's Gbagbo plays final hand

  Ivory Coast's strongman Laurent Gbagbo tried to hang on to power for one more day on Wednesday from inside a bunker encircled on all sides by soldiers loyal to his rival. Diplomats said he had sent emissaries to negotiate, only to then refuse the proposals put before him.Although Gbagbo is cornered and his army is rapidly disbanding, getting him ou...

• UN imposes sanctions on Ivory Coast's Gbagbo

  The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution demanding an immediate end to the escalating violence in Ivory Coast. It also imposes sanctions on Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to relinquish the presidency.Wednesday's council vote comes five days after France and Nigeria introduced a draft resolution expressing "grave concern" that ...

• Ivory Coast president kept prisoner in hotel

  The newly elected president of this troubled republic in Africa's tropics cannot leave his hotel. And neither can the linens on which he sleeps -- except by helicopter.They are flown out to be dry cleaned across town and flown back at night, just like everything else that comes or goes from the resort hotel where Alassane Ouattara took refuge last ...