Latest in Tag: Ivory coast Highlight
Latest in Tag: Ivory coast
AFCON quarter-finals: Desert Warriors face Ivorian Elephants in early final
Egyptian fans would support Algeria in quarters
Cairo looks forward to fostering political, economic ties with Abidjan: Al-Sisi
President ended his African tour with visiting Ivory Coast
Ramadan in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as CĂ´te d’Ivoire, is located on the Atlantic coast in West Africa. It is famous for ivory, cocoa, and elephants. Its capital since 1983 has been Yamoussoukro, while Abidjan was the capital before that since 1933, and is still its economic capital. Ivory Coast was named as such because of the …
AFCON 2017: Congo ease past Togo, Morocco down holders Ivory Coast
All four teams went into the final round of matches in Group C with a chance of qualifying for the knock-out stages of the Africa Cup of Nations. In the end, DR Congo and Morocco secured their passage to the next round.Reigning champions Ivory Coast had to beat Morocco in order to progress to the …
Egypt inches towards return of militant fans to stadium terraces
Egypt may be inching towards a return to the stands of soccer fans who played a key role in the 2011 toppling of former president Hosni Mubarak, and have been barred entry into stadiums for much of the last five years. Clubs, players, and fans see a 28Â June CAF Champions League match between storied Cairo …
Ivory Coast sweetens up with first locally made chocolate
Ivory Coast is the world’s biggest cocoa producer but for a long time it couldn’t process the cocoa beans into chocolate. That is about to change now with the introduction of chocolate “Made in Ivory Coast.”
Football fans to return to Egyptian stadiums
Games have been played behind closed doors since 2012 Port Said massacre
Al-Ahly and the secret of number 434
StrikerHossam Hassan took his turn and was recorded in the honorary records of the Al-Ahly club after scoring the club’s 100th African goal in the semi-finals of the African Cup Winners’ Cup.
Motaeb scores his most valuable African goal after 580 day absence
Fans will never forget the 2005 championship where he outperformed everyone with his six goals.
Shoukry meets EU human rights envoy ahead of review
Egyptian foreign minister stresses importance of building legal system based on equality
World Cup 2014 – Goals galore in Brazil
The first week of the World Cup has produced some fantastic football; Daily News Egypt gives you a roundup of the best moments
Egypt qualifies for basketball World Cup 2014
Egyptian basketball team qualifies for FIBA World Cup 2014, but fails to win FIBA Africa Championship.
Soldiers killed at Ivory Coast military base
Violence threatens country’s fragile stability
Ivory Coast opposition at hotel threatened
ABIDJAN: A fiery member of incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo’s Cabinet urged supporters to seize a hotel where the internationally recognized winner of last month’s election has been organizing a shadow government under UN protection. Charles Ble Goude was quoted by a pro-Gbagbo newspaper Thursday as saying that Alassane Ouattara, whom the United Nations declared the …
Delegation leaves Ivory Coast without Gbagbo
ABIDJAN: West African leaders who delivered an ultimatum to Laurent Gbagbo to step down or face a military ouster left Ivory Coast late Tuesday without taking him into exile a month after the UN said he lost the disputed election. In a sign of escalating tensions in the country, the UN mission said that one …
West Africa delegation to confront Gbagbo
ABIDJAN: A delegation of West African leaders headed to Ivory Coast on Tuesday to confront Laurent Gbagbo and demand he step down from the presidency before he is forced out. Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma took off on a flight from Freetown, Sierra Leone, along with other officials from his government. The presidents of …
Ivory Coast: Gbagbo defiant as UN condemns siege
ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast’s deadly political stand-off escalated on Wednesday after a defiant Laurent Gbagbo insisted he is the one true president and his besieged rivals refused once again to talk with him. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern for the fate of the UN peacekeepers protecting Gbagbo’s opponent Alassane Ouattara, who is holed …
Pressure mounts on Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo to leave
ABIDJAN: West African leaders called Tuesday on Laurent Gbagbo to "yield power with dignity without further delay" weeks after the country’s disputed presidential runoff vote as international pressure mounted on him to step down. The regional bloc, ECOWAS, said Gbagbo’s demand that thousands of UN peacekeepers leave the volatile country "would further heighten tensions and …
EU to slap sanctions on 19 Ivorians, including Gbagbo
BRUSSELS: The European Union on Monday decided to slap visa bans on 19 Ivorians including incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo, who is clinging onto power, diplomats said. The measures will take 24 to 48 hours before coming into force, the sources said. A decision to freeze assets for the 19 will be taken separately. The international …
Mission will fulfill Ivory Coast mandate, says UN chief
ABIDJAN: The secretary-general of the United Nations said its mandate in Ivory Coast will be fulfilled and he warned against attacks on UN personnel after the man who refuses to give up the presidency ordered thousands of peacekeepers to leave the country. A statement released late Saturday by a spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon …
Ivory Coast crisis threatens peace, economy, say analysts
ABIDJAN: In Ivory Coast, two presidents plus two governments add up to one big crisis that raises the threat of armed conflict and undermines the economy for its impoverished people, analysts say. Clinging on after a decade in power, Laurent Gbagbo has defied pressure from much of the international community to stand aside for his …
UN, African leaders call on Gbagbo to step down
ABIDJAN: The top UN envoy in Ivory Coast told the Security Council that there was "only one winner" of the recent presidential election — and it’s not the incumbent Laurent Gbagbo. Speaking via video link Tuesday from Abidjan, Choi Young-jin urged the United Nations to take action against Gbagbo to safeguard the result of the …
Ivory Coast counts votes after deadly election violence
ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast counted the ballots Monday after a presidential vote marred by violence that left at least six people dead amid accusations of cheating on both sides. The electoral commission (CEI) said partial results were likely to be announced on Monday after Sunday’s vote, which aims to end a decade of instability in the …
Ivory Coast votes in election to reunite country
ABIDJAN: Polling stations opened nearly an hour late on Sunday in a long-overdue presidential election in Ivory Coast that is set to reunite the country eight years after a civil war divided it in two. Voters formed long lines outside of the polling stations in the main city of Abidjan after a nightly curfew went …
Gbagbo leads poll with partial result in Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN: Partial results from an election aimed at reuniting war-divided Ivory Coast showed President Laurent Gbagbo with a slight lead Wednesday over the main opposition leader. Electoral commission spokesman Bamba Yacouba announced results from about half the country’s 5.7 million registered voters in a late night state television broadcast that stretched into the early hours …