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.

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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  

Media support underway for election in Cote d'Ivoire

06.10.2008
First activity scheduled to support efforts to coordinate media support activities related to the November 30 general elections in Cote d'Ivoire

IMS looking ahead to election in Ivory Coast


At the partner meeting in Accra, the vice-president of the Independent Electoral Commission of Ivory Coast, Dr. Fatoumata Traore Diop said, she hoped the collaboration with IMS and other partners would lead to a succesful electoral process. Photo: Antti Kuusi/IMS
20.06.2008
IMS is preparing to assist with community radio, safety of journalists and monitoring the media coverage during the campaign ahead of elections in Ivory Coast   IMS will work with its local and regional partners to prepare a strategy to assist local media in Cote d’Ivoire in preparation for the previously delayed presidential elections this November. Preliminary discussions were held during a meeting of the Partnership for

Political differences in Ivory Coast affect the media

01.02.2008
With a fragile peace agreement in Ivory Coast, the situation for media remains unstable Divided by political and geographical differences between the Government in the south and the New Forces in the North, Ivory Coast continues to be unstable.  A peace agreement signed in 2003 has only been implemented in part. In 2007, renewed talks between the combatant parties lead to the signing of a new peace deal, which raised new hopes for ending the
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