Ivory Coast

Despite the signing of a peace accord in Ivory Coast in 2003, the country has continued to be unstable. The peace agreement has only been implemented in part and the parties signed a new peace deal in March 2007. IMS has sought to support measures to ease the internal tensions and to empower media that pursue to constructively defend press freedom and a peaceful resolve of the ongoing conflict.

Archive

A way forward for Côte d’Ivoire’s post-conflict media


Participants at the meeting in Accra. Photo by Sulemana Braimah/Media Foundation for West Africa

04.07.2011
Representatives from Côte d'Ivoire's main media organisations met recently in Accra to discuss the next steps for the support of the country's post-conflict, partisan media

Media infrastructure in Cote d'Ivoire damaged amid political crisis


Kwame Karikari, Director of Media Foundation for West Africa. Photo:IMS

08.04.2011
West Africa media expert Kwame Karikari stresses that rebuilding free media must be priority of the Ivorian government, no matter the leader

Statement, Ivory Coast media, January 2011

14.01.2011

During crisis, calls for solidarity among Cote d’Ivoire’s media


Opposing Ivorian media representatives met in Accra, Ghana to discuss shared challenges. Photo: Jesper Højberg/IMS

14.01.2011
Ivorian journalists meet in Ghana to assess the impact of the current crisis in Cote d’Ivoire on the media community. Despite strong divides within the Ivorian media community, there seems to be a strong will to address common issues

Ivory Coast media gear up for elections


At the office of Conseil Nationale de la Presse (CNP) in Abidjan: Antti Kuusi, IMS with Thomas Nielsen, consultant and CNP press director Francis Domo.
24.10.2009
As media in Ivory Coast prepare to cover presidential elections in the country set for 29 November, rumours of a postponement until February 2010 are rampant  
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