Ivory Coast's ruling party Thursday said it wanted quick presidential elections, a day after the United Nations slammed the west African nation for dragging its feet on the poll originally due in 2005. "We are in a hurry, we want to go to the polls but at the same time we want transparent elections," said Martin Sokouri Bohui, in ...

Japan on Tuesday rescheduled 91.5 million euros (126 million dollars) in Ivory Coast's debt and urged the divided west African country to hold a long-delayed presidential election. The accord was signed at a ceremony in Abidjan by Ivorian Economy Minister Charles Koffi Diby and the Japanese ambassador, Yoshifumi Okamura. Part of the accord provided for 38 million euros ...

Ghana President John Atta Mills met an Ivorian envoy Tuesday over a dispute about the neighbours' offshore boundary, which falls in an oil-rich zone, and said the row must not harm their ties. Ghana's recent discovery of oil reserves off its coast has kicked off a row with Ivory Coast over the border, with Accra accusing Abidjan of claiming ...

Ivory Coast's former rebel New Forces, led by Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, on Monday pledged to disarm before a presidential election slated for late April or early May. FN leaders, who control the north of the divided west African country since a foiled coup bid against Gbagbo in September 2002, met at the weekend in their headquarters town of ...