E lections in Ivory Coast have a tendency to turn bloody. Disputes over the result of the presidential election in 2000 were ...

Catherine Byaruhanga, presenter and correspondent for the BBC News Channel, speaks to Tidjane Thiam, the main opposition leader in the Ivory Coast.

The economy of Ivory Coast, regarded as the regional powerhouse, is growing and has recovered well under Ouattara from the devastation of recent civil wars Amidst this crisis for West African ...

A court’s decision to remove opposition leader Tidjane Thiam from the electoral roll has intensified political tensions in Ivory Coast, raising concerns about the potential for unrest ahead of the ...

Ivory Coast opposition leader Tidjane Thiam said on Wednesday he would fight on to run in the West African nation's presidential election due in October despite having been removed from the electoral ...

Ivory Coast suffered more than a decade of civil war in the early 2000s, in which some 3,000 civilians were killed, but it emerged to reclaim its spot as a West African powerhouse, with one of the ...