Abidjan News

The oil trading company Trafigura had agreed to pay $45m (£27m) to 30,000 victims in an out-of-court settlement. Claude Ghourou had argued he should be given responsibility for distributing the money via a local organisation. Trafigura had agreed to pay...

Senegal — Thousands of victims of one of the worst toxic dumping scandals in years could lose their hard-won settlement thanks to the maneuverings by a shadowy but “influential” figure in Ivory Coast , where the dumping occurred, the victims’...

Neither the claimants nor Leigh Day and Co have independently commented on the settlement, which would amount to a $1,700 payout for each claimant. Petroleum residues In August 2006,  Probo Koala, a ship chartered by Trafigura, dumped caustic soda and...

A UN report accuses both the rebel-held north and the government-controlled south of stocking up on weapons, a month before a presidential election. It also says neighbouring Burkina Faso is systematically transferring weapons and ammunition to the rebels.

Former Ivorian prime minister Alassane Dramane Ouattara declared his candidacy for the country's long-delayed presidential elections, now scheduled for November. Filing his candidacy at the country's Independent Electoral Commission, Mr. Ouattara, more commonly known as Ado, pledged to run...

The report concerns illnesses suffered by thousands of Abidjan locals. It suggests their likely cause was the release of potentially lethal gas after chemicals were dumped...It says it was a list of possible outcomes rather than a study based on...

The Ivory Coast is seeking to restructure around 2 billion euros of debt with commercial creditors and may launch its new bonds as early as this year, the chair of the restructuring committee said. The move would be the latest...