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Vitriol, aggression won't halt presidential bid, Ivory Coast's Thiam says
Ivory Coast opposition leader Tidjane Thiam said on Wednesday he would fight on to run in the West African nation's ...
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Will the next pope be African?
Top contenders include Ghana's Cardinal Turkson and Congo's Cardinal Ambongo, although insiders say none is a clear ...
Pope Francis' body taken to St. Peter's Basilica for lying in state
The body of Pope Francis was carried in a solemn procession Wednesday from his residence within the walls of the Vatican City ...
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I.Coast opposition calls marches against leader's eviction from electoral race
Ivory Coast's main opposition party has called for "marches" outside courts on Thursday, six months ahead of a presidential ...
Humans lived in African rainforests 150,000 years ago, far earlier than believed – new research
These discoveries suggest that humans were able to live in rainforest before they left Africa, the home of our species. Until ...
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Ivory Coast Vitol definitively abandons Ivorian blocks after decade of stasis
According to our information, late last year the Swiss trader Vitol was forced to give up its CI-202, CI-523 and CI-525 offshore blocks, the licences for their exploration having expired. The first ...
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White House says U.S. is ‘setting the stage’ on potential trade deal with China ...