The Ivorian presidential candidate and former rebel leader, Guillaume Soro, has been convicted in absentia of embezzlement and sentenced to 20 years in jail. He was fined the equivalent of $7.4m (£6m) and barred from civic duties for five years. The trial was boycotted by Mr Soro’s lawyers who said the allegations against him were […]
An opposition presidential candidate in the Ivory Coast has sought asylum in Ghana to avoid being arrested in his home country. BestNewsGH.com can report that Guilaume Soro, a former rebel leader and powerful Minister in the administration of former president Laurent Gbagbo diverted his private flight and landed in Ghana over the arrest warrant. A […]
The National Lottery Authority(NLA) led by the Director-General, Hon. Kofi Osei-Ameyaw on Friday, 15th November, 2019 received a Government Delegation from the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire(Ivory Coast) at the Authority’s Headquarters in Accra. The Ivorian Delegation visited the Authority to understudy the new business model, ongoing reforms and the success stories of the Authority especially […]
From Brussels, former president Laurent Gbagbo has taken taken up the reins of the Front Populaire Ivorien (FPI) again and dreams of the day when he can finally return home to Côte d’Ivoire. There are no hard feelings, simply a real desire for revenge. Laurent Gbagbo doesn’t go out much, but this was different: it […]
Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have suspended the sale of cocoa beans to the open market under the 2020/2021 crop season until further notice. The move, which is the first of its kind by the two countries, is meant to put pressure on stakeholders to adopt a floor price for cocoa beans. The suspension was announced […]
Ghana and Ivory Coast will today present a united position on a fixed minimum price to sell cocoa beans to over 300 representatives of cocoa buyers and processors from around the world. The move is aimed at making the two countries price determiners, and no longer price takers. Persons familiar with the matter said the […]
Ghana has presented a concept paper on a gas supply project to the Ivorian government for power generation as part of efforts to expand existing collaboration between the two nations on energy. Currently, Ghana and the French West African country share power depending on availability, demand and supply. But the proposed deal, currently at an […]
Former Ivory Coast international Didier Drogba has launched the first of five hospitals he earlier promised to offer to the country as part of his charity activities. Situated in the Attecoube district of the country’s commercial city Abidjan, the $1 million health complex will mainly cater for less privileged women and children, according to officials. […]
Cocoa farmers in Ghana will earn GH₵1,000 more than their counterparts in La Cote d’Ivoire for the producer price of the commodity in the 2018/2019 crop season which opened on October 1, 2018. This is in spite of Cote d’Ivoire, the world’s top cocoa producer, increasing guaranteed price it pays farmers by seven per cent– […]
