The tournament hosts are favourites to top Group A, while the Djurtus seek group-stage progress for the first time.
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The Eagles’ record Premier League goalscorer and appearance holder, alongside his brother Carin, have purchased Ivorian club Espoir Club D’Abengourou.
The tournament was to be hosted in June-July 2023, which is the height of the rainy season on the Ivory Coast.
They booked a spot in the last four of the tournament after a 2-2 draw with Burkina Faso’s young Stallions on Wednesday.
The former Chelsea and Ivorian star polled only 21 votes in a three-way race with two other candidates.
President Alassane Ouattara announced this Wednesday at a cabinet meeting. He subsequently accepted the resignation.
In a statement by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele warned the countries in the areas of security, economy, health of their presidents, others.
The Liverpool star smashed home his spot-kick with Ivory Coast’s Eric Bailly the only player to miss in the shoot-out in Douala.
The 33-year-old had been expected to be first choice for his country at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, with the Elephants facing Equatorial Guinea in their first game on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old was initially granted permission to fly out to Cameroon – where the AFCON tournament will be held – to join up with the national team early.
It also said all the action necessary to unravel this case will be encouraged, include a thorough coroners’ inquest.
The move comes as part of a larger rotation for the commercial management team to support shifting market dynamics and navigate the complex challenges posed by the global pandemic.
Ousmane Traore’s stoppage-time strike earned Ivory Coast a 1-1 draw against Nigeria in their opening game in Port Novo, Benin Republic on Sunday, after Christopher Nwaeze had shot Nigeria into the lead.
Hundreds gathered to cheer the former Chelsea and Marseille striker when he arrived at FIF’s Abidjan headquarters.
Drogba, 42, is one of three candidates standing for election as president of the Ivorian Football Federation in September, but is yet to win the endorsement of any of the five special interest groups needed to get onto the ballot.
Patrick Achi, the secretary-general of the presidency, told newsmen that Kablan Duncan, who previously served as Ouattara’s prime minister, was leaving for personal reasons.
Officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday began screening of 67 Nigerian returnees who were placed in isolation by the Lagos State Government in two hotels in Badagry.
The much awaited 67 Nigerians resident in Ivory Coast on Wednesday arrived at Seme Border Post in a luxury bus with registration number: Osun XA 240 EJG.
The African Development Bank has announced health and safety measures to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in countries where it has a presence, including its headquarters in Cote d’Ivoire.
The Federal Government says it is studying the situation on change of West African Economic and Monetary Union currency, Eco, to be used as ECOWAS single currency.