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King Tchiffi Zie Jean Gervais of Ivory Coast leaves after the ...

(AP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:52:20 GMT

(AP) - King Tchiffi Zie Jean Gervais of Ivory Coast leaves after the launch of the Institute of African Royalty in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday Nov. 3, 2009. Two dozen traditional leaders from across the continent gathered on a Johannesburg university campus to launch the Institute of African Royalty, which they say will be a combination of think tank and lobby group. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Jatropha seeds are pictured on a farm in Taabo, center Ivory ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:13:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - Jatropha seeds are pictured on a farm in Taabo, center Ivory Coast. The Jatropha produces a seed oil which can be used as diesel oil substitute. US experts warn that rules governing biofuel production encourage deforestation and mean the technology is therefore a "false" method of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.(AFP/File/Kambou Sia)

Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo (R), presents his ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:56:42 GMT

(Reuters) - Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo (R), presents his papers as he registers for the upcoming presidential election in the capital Abidjan, October 16, 2009. Ivory Coast's provisional voter list will not be ready for at least another month, election officials said on Friday, making a Nov. 29 poll all but impossible despite mounting pressure from France for a vote. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST POLITICS)

Ivorian opposition leader and presidential hopeful Alassane ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:23:54 GMT

(Reuters) - Ivorian opposition leader and presidential hopeful Alassane Ouattara (C) is welcomed by cocoa farmers in the Abengourou region of the eastern Ivory Coast, October 14, 2009. Ouattara said on Wednesday he plans to reverse the country's sliding cocoa output with a five-year $2.5 billion revamp programme. Picture taken October 14, 2009. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST POLITICS BUSINESS)

People at the Akouedo dump in Abidjan, where toxic waste was ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:22:19 GMT

(AFP/File) - People at the Akouedo dump in Abidjan, where toxic waste was dumped in March of 2006 by the Probo Koala, a Panamanian-registered cargo ship operated by Dutch-based multinational trading company Trafigura. British premier Gordon Brown Wednesday acknowledged an "unfortunate" legal grey area after Twitter users helped thwart a controversial reporting "gag" granted to an oil company.(AFP/File/Kambou Sia)

A man talks on a mobile phone as he cycles along a road in Abidjan. ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:33:39 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man talks on a mobile phone as he cycles along a road in Abidjan. The services trade, which ranges from architecture to telecommunications and space transport, is a key component of the World Trade Organization negotiations launched in Qatar's capital in 2001 to establish new global trade rules.(AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo)