Ivory Coast lawmakers elected a former prime minister from Alassane Ouattara’s ruling party as speaker of parliament, nearly a month after legislative elections held in late December.
Ivory Coast lawmakers elected a former prime minister from Alassane Ouattara’s ruling party as speaker of parliament, nearly a month after legislative elections held in late December.
Ivory Coast's National Assembly newly selected speaker Patrick Achi reacts after his election in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Jan. 17.
President Emmanuel Macron called for a renewed push by French companies and financiers into Africa, arguing that excessive regulation and corporate caution have allowed rivals to displace France from markets it once dominated.
President Emmanuel Macron called for a renewed push by French companies and financiers into Africa, arguing that excessive regulation and corporate caution have allowed rivals to displace France from markets it once dominated.
France's President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he delivers a speech to French ambassadors during the Ambassadors' Conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris on January 8, 2026. (Photo by Michel Euler / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema fired the nation’s finance minister, Henri Claude Oyima days after the nation’s credit rating was cut deeper into junk.
Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema fired the nation’s finance minister, Henri Claude Oyima days after the nation’s credit rating was cut deeper into junk.
Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema fired the nation’s finance minister, Henri Claude Oyima days after the nation’s credit rating was cut deeper into junk.
Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema fired the nation’s finance minister, Henri Claude Oyima days after the nation’s credit rating was cut deeper into junk.
The US signed a health agreement with Ivory Coast bringing the total value of bilateral deals President Donald Trump’s administration has done in Africa since withdrawing from the World Health Organization to more than $16 billion.
The US signed a health agreement with Ivory Coast bringing the total value of bilateral deals President Donald Trump’s administration has done in Africa since withdrawing from the World Health Organization to more than $16 billion.
Patients at the Raoul Follereau Institute near Adzope, Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara’s party secured an outright majority in Dec. 27 parliamentary elections, giving him more leeway to implement a policy agenda that prioritizes growing the economy and attracting investment.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara’s party secured an outright majority in Dec. 27 parliamentary elections, giving him more leeway to implement a policy agenda that prioritizes growing the economy and attracting investment.
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara casts a ballot at a polling station in Cocody, Abidjan, on Dec. 27, 2025.
Mali has ordered the payment of 312 billion CFA francs ($554 million) to local companies to clear arrears for services provided in 2023 and 2024, after state finances were bolstered in the wake of recovering 761 billion CFA francs from miners in the application of a new mining code.
Mali has ordered the payment of 312 billion CFA francs ($554 million) to local companies to clear arrears for services provided in 2023 and 2024, after state finances were bolstered in the wake of recovering 761 billion CFA francs from miners in the application of a new mining code.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has been sworn in for a fourth term following a landslide victory in October elections from which his main rivals were barred from running.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has been sworn in for a fourth term following a landslide victory in October elections from which his main rivals were barred from running.
Ivory Coast’s economic growth is poised to accelerate in the next five years as the country sees an increase in oil and gas activity, Planning and Development Minister Kaba Niale said.
Ivory Coast’s economic growth is poised to accelerate in the next five years as the country sees an increase in oil and gas activity, Planning and Development Minister Kaba Niale said.
The oil wharf at the Port of Abidjan in Ivory Coast on June 19.
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