French coach Philippe Troussier is vying with Dutchman Guus Hiddink for the job to guide the Ivory Coast through this year's World Cup, a Japanese newspaper reported Wednesday. "I got an offer (from the Ivory Coast). But there is another candidate that is Mr. Hiddink," Troussier, who led Japan to the World Cup last-16 round in 2002, was quoted ...

The African Union called Monday on Ivory Coast to hold its presidential election, delayed since 2005, by the agreed deadline of early May. The African Union's Peace and Security Council urged all political forces in Ivory Coast to work to create a climate that would allow the holding of a "free, legal and transparent election within the agreed timeframe ...

The new head of Ivory Coast's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) officially began work Friday, heading a panel formed last week to lead the country to a long-delayed presidential poll. Youssouf Bakayoko, a member of the opposition Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI), took over in a ceremony from Robert Beugre Mambe, who was sacked by President Laurent Gbagbo on ...

The discovery of oil reserves off the coast of Ghana has kicked off a row with Ivory Coast which is claiming part of its neighbour's maritime area, a Ghanaian minister said Friday. The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation announced last month the discovery of an "extensive deepwater petroleum province" offshore Ghana. The Dzata 1 find by Russia's oil giant ...