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COTE DIVOIRE

Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 4, 2022
Putin’s media blitz on Africa food crisis sparks alarm in Europe
Russian diplomats have gone on a media offensive in recent months to push the narrative that sanctions, rather than Russian blockades, are causing shortages.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 26, 2019
Japan U-23 team to face South Africa, Cote d'Ivoire in Olympic warmups
The Japan Under-23 squad will warm up for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with friendlies against South Africa and Cote d'Ivoire in March, the Japan Football Association announced Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2019
Chocolate makers hobble Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana poverty-fighting cocoa premium with discounts
Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana's move to combat farmer poverty with a living income premium for their cocoa sales is being undermined by chocolate makers scaling down purchases and negotiating discounts on other parts of the price, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2019
Against the tide, cocoa growers plan to suspend ethical programs
In a world that is growing increasingly concerned about corporate commitments to environmental and social responsibility, top cocoa producers Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana are planning to make a move that goes against the tide.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2019
New ranking finds major chocolate companies flunked child labor scorecard
Major chocolate companies such as Godiva, Lindt and Hershey are failing to keep child labor out of their supply chains, according to a new ranking by activists released Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2019
Maltese court charges African teenagers of hijacking tanker after it rescued over 100 migrants
Three teenage migrants were charged in a Maltese court Saturday with hijacking a small commercial tanker that had rescued them and others off the coast of Libya.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 15, 2017
Is your chocolate craving destroying forests in West Africa?
Your afternoon chocolate craving may be fueling climate change, destroying protected forests and threatening elephants, chimpanzees and hippos in West Africa, research suggests.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 29, 2017
Trump's planned HIV aid cuts could spell 9 million life years lost in South Africa, Cote d'Ivoire: UNAIDS
U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to cut foreign aid supporting HIV/AIDS treatment could cost 9 million years of lost life in South Africa and Cote d'Ivoire, according to a global study released on Monday.
WORLD / Society
Jun 30, 2016
Six Cote d’Ivoire gay men attacked after U.S. Embassy posts photo of them signing Orlando condolence book
Six gay men in Cote d'Ivoire were abused and forced to flee their homes after they were pictured signing a condolence book for victims of the recent attack on a gay nightclub in Florida, a rights group said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 24, 2016
Famed African musician Papa Wemba dies during Cote d'Ivoire festival
Congolese rumba music legend Papa Wemba died after collapsing on stage in the Cote d'Ivoire in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to the private morgue where his body was taken.
WORLD
Feb 11, 2015
Child murders in Cote d'Ivoire spark fears of pre-election ritual killings, organ trade
Nina rarely ventures outside of her house in Cote d'Ivoire's commercial capital, Abidjan, since her 5-year-old son, Benitier, was kidnapped and mutilated in November. She won't let her oldest son go to school.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 17, 2014
WHO to test Ebola preparedness in Coite d'Ivoire and Mali
The World Health Organization will send experts to test the Ebola-preparedness measures in Cote d'Ivoire and Mali, the two countries at greatest risk of being the next to be affected by the epidemic, WHO's health security response chief, Isabelle Nuttall, said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 18, 2014
West African powerhouse Cote d'Ivoire battles to keep out Ebola
The billboard depicts a masked health worker in a biohazard suit looming over a bed-ridden patient. Above them, bright red letters warn commuters on a busy Abidjan street that "The Ebola risk is always there".
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 21, 2014
Park life
Elderly woman (speaking to a man sitting on a park bench drinking beer and listening to a transistor radio): Is that the soccer (match between Japan and Cote d'Ivoire)?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2014
Ambitious Japanese fans deflated by Samurai Blue’s first-match loss in World Cup
Japanese soccer fans fall into a funk after the national team loses its first World Cup match, including nearly 12,000 who watched the game at a Yokohama stadium.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 14, 2014
Zaccheroni wants no fear
Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni says his Blue Samurai must not approach Saturday's World Cup opener against Cote d'Ivoire fearing defeat, and pointed to Spain's World Cup win four years ago as proof that losing the first match does not mean the end of the tournament.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 11, 2014
Charity group looking forward to Cote d'Ivoire match at World Cup
A nonprofit organization in Gifu Prefecture that has been working for years to donate used shoes to children in Cote d'Ivoire has an interesting weekend ahead as Japan plays its opening World Cup soccer match against the African nation's team.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 9, 2014
World Cup video views from Tokyo: Cote d'Ivoire, Greece and Algeria
An Ivorian "ambassador of goodwill," a Greek diplomat and an Algerian businessman discuss their teams' prospects in the World Cup.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 9, 2014
Thousands turn out to watch Japan's first practice session in Brazil
As a police helicopter circled overhead to keep a watchful eye on scores of anti-World Cup demonstrators outside the stadium, over 5,000 fans turned out to watch Japan’s first practice session Sunday, a day after the Asian champions arrived in Brazil for soccer’s showpiece tournament.

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