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Security Council extends sanctions on Ivory Coast

afrol News, 30 October - The UN security Council has extended the arms and diamond embargo on Ivory Coast for another year until 31 October 2010. The ban also extends travel restrictions targeting Ivorian political figures and a freeze on their foreign assets.

Politics | Society
Ivorian foes re-arming ahead of polls

afrol News, 28 October - A UN report has accused the former Ivorian enemies of violating the arms embargo imposed on the country, ahead of the envisaged elections next month.

Politics
Security Council appeals for reconciliation as elections draws near

afrol News, 14 October - The UN Security Council has appealed for concerted efforts towards the publication of the final voter’s list ahead of the much delayed national polls scheduled for 29 November.

Politics | Society | Human rights
UN lawyers on a study mission in Côte d'Ivoire

afrol News, 9 October - The United Nations legal experts are on a 10-day visit to Côte d'Ivoire to study the West African country’s implementation of national laws and its prison administration as well as the judiciary’s interaction with other sectors of society.

Politics
Technical difficulties could affect Ivorian polls, UN official

afrol News, 2 October - The top UN official in Cote d’Ivoire has warned that technical difficulties may adversely affect the timeline for the country’s long-awaited presidential elections, which were to have been held as far back as 2005, and are now scheduled for 29 November.

Politics | Environment - Nature | Economy - Development
West African biodiversity corridor high on Abidjan meeting

afrol News, 2 October - A plan to develop a biodiversity corridor across the border between Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia will be the focus of discussions to be held in Abidjan next week in cooperation the United Nations and other organisations.

Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development | Science - Education | Society
Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana youth to benefit from Cocoa development grant

afrol News, 1 October - Over 160,000 people are to benefit from the World Cocoa Foundation Youth Education Programme in West Africa. The two year, $5.6 million public-private partnership will focus on youth and young adults in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana.

Politics
No more delays in Ivorian elections, Security Council

afrol News, 29 September - The UN Security Council today voiced concern at possible further setbacks to Côte d’Ivoire’s already much-delayed presidential elections, urging all sides to ensure that this major step in restoring stability after the civil war that split the country in two, takes place as scheduled on 29 November.

Politics | Society | Health | Human rights
Toxic wastes caused deaths, illnesses in Côte d’Ivoire - UN expert

afrol News, 17 September - Evidence indicates that the dumping of toxic wastes caused over one dozen deaths and dozens of illnesses in Côte d’Ivoire in 2006, an independent United Nations human rights expert said yesterday.

Politics | Society
Côte d’Ivoire’s ID and voter registration on track, UN envoy

afrol News, 25 August - A top United Nations envoy to Côte d’Ivoire has said that the processing of data from the nationwide identification and voter registration operation ahead of November’s presidential election is “going well.”

Economy - Development | Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
IFAD head concludes visit to Abidjan

afrol News, 21 August - The head of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) wrapped up his visit in Côte d’Ivoire yesterday urging the country to strive for food security and to address the needs of the smallholder farmers and the rural poor.

Economy - Development | Society | Human rights | Health
Côte d’Ivoire wraps up polio immunisation campaign

afrol News, 17 August - The government of Côte d’Ivoire is wrapping up a nationwide campaign to immunise children against polio today, in a mission carried out with the help of the United Nations which provided logistical support to the effort to stamp out the highly infectious and incurable viral disease.

Economy - Development | Politics
Security Council extends UN mandate in Côte d’Ivoire

afrol News, 30 July - The UN Security Council has today extended the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) by another six months, expressing its support for the long-awaited presidential elections slated for late November.

Society
Côte d'Ivoire fined $47,000 after stampede

afrol News, 23 July - The Ivorian Football Federation has been slapped with $47,000 fine by FIFA following the conclusions of the inquiry into the tragedy of the stadium that killed more than 20 people in the West Africa state.

Economy - Development | Society
Ivorian govt to get $50 million for electricity infrastructure

afrol News, 11 June - The World Bank has approved $50 million grant for Cote D’Ivoire for the improvement and expansion of the already existing, but weak electricity infrastructure in the West African state.

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