2020 in Ivory Coast
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Events in the year 2020 in Ivory Coast.
Incumbents
Events
- January – Groups are announced for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification in October. Cameroon and Ivory Coast will face off.[1]
- 14 January – Authorities say they have rescued 137 children from Benin, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo, aged 6 to 17, who were the victims of traffickers and groomed to work on cocoa plantations or in prostitution.[2]
- 24 January – Tens of thousands are left homeless as homes in shanty town are demolished near Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport.[3]
- 31 January – Authorities in Côte d'Ivoire oppose the release of former president Laurent Gbagbo by the International Criminal Court (ICC) because his return would destabilize the country.[4]
- 3 February – A three-day workshop of the "Sahel Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend" (SWEDD) begins in Abidjan.[5]
- 31 October – Scheduled date for the 2020 Ivorian presidential election
Deaths
- 5 January – Issiaka Ouattara, soldier (b. 1967).[6]
- 19 January – Allah Thérèse, traditional singer.[7]
- 27 January – James Houra, 67, Ivorian painter.[8]
See also
References
- ^ Cameroon drawn to face Ivory Coast in World Cup qualifying AP, 21 Jan 2020
- ^ Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast Rescues 137 Child Trafficking Victims
- ^ Ivory Coast demolitions: Shantytown near airport cleared by Laura Burdon-Manley, Al Jazeera, 24 Jan 2020
- ^ Cote d'Ivoire: Government Says Gbagbo's Return Would Destabilize the Ivory Coast By Wairagala Wakabi, allAfrica, 31 JANUARY 2020
- ^ Africa: SWEDD 2 kicks off as the SWEDD initiative goes to scale
- ^ "Issiaka Ouattara, from rebel chief to controversial general". theafricareport.com. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Le président Alassane Ouattara attristé par la mort d'Allah Thérèse". afrique-sur7.fr (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ Décès de James Houra : L’un des arbres tutélaires de la peinture ivoirienne s’est couché (in French)