Former president Laurent Gbagbo agrees to contest 2025 Ivory Coast election
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has agreed to fly his party’s flag as presidential candidate in the 2025 elections. Katinan Kone, spokesperson of his party the African People’s Party – Cote d’Ivoire (PPA-CI), which Gbagbo founded in 2021 gave the news after a meeting of the party’s central committee at the weekend. Gbagbo lost […]
Ivory Coast advance into AFCON Round of 16 after sacking team coach
Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) hosts Ivory Coast have sacked their coach midway through the tournament, the country’s football federation (FIF) has announced. A statement from FIF explained that “the contracts of Coach Jean-Louis Gasset and his assistant Ghislain Printant are terminated due to insufficient results“. He’s not the first coach to leave their team […]