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Ivorian bill that would legalise polygamy for men earns the ire of women’s groups

Raw Story 19 Jul 2022
A proposed bill at the Ivorian parliament that would legalize polygamy – but only for men – has prompted strong reactions from women's rights advocates, which have dubbed it a step back in the fight for equality ...We can’t legalize polygamy to satisfy a man’s libido,” legal expert Désirée Okobé says bluntly.
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Why Africa couldn’t get urgent global deal on drought

BBC News 24 May 2022
However, not much was achieved at the two-week-long meeting in Abidjan to tackle these crises. Many African countries argued for a legally binding global agreement to tackle droughts - something like the Kyoto protocol launched in 1997 to cut down carbon emissions, sources told the BBC.
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Prince Kofi Amoabeng: a true captain of industry

B & FT Online 22 Feb 2022
A true captain of industry, Prince Kofi Amoabeng turns 70 today ... The B&FT wishes the business icon a happy birthday and wishes him long life and good health!!! ... Non-conformist, free thinker, revolutionary, radical ... P.K ... St ... Mr ... Nothing was off limits provided it was legal – electrodes from Abidjan, wine and tiles from Italy, bicycle spare parts, etc.
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Nigerian lady jailed wrongfully in Ivory Coast dies

Ghana Web 16 Nov 2021
She is still in prison in Abidjan where she has contracted a serious infection and apparently she is dying ... She is still in prison in Abidjan where she has contracted a serious infection and apparently she is dying ... ‘In Abidjan, she hired a lawyer to attend the appointment with her, all to no avail as the police refused to cooperate.
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The late Itunu Olajumoke Babalola

Ghana Web 15 Nov 2021
She is still in prison in Abidjan where she has contracted a serious infection and apparently she is dying ... She is still in prison in Abidjan where she has contracted a serious infection and apparently she is dying ... She is still in prison in Abidjan where she has contracted a serious infection and apparently she is dying.
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Displaced Ivorians' refugee status set to end next year: UN

Urdu Point 08 Sep 2021
Abidjan, Sept 7 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point ... The agreement came after a two-day regional meeting held in Abidjan which also stressed the need to intensify voluntary repatriation and support alternative legal status for those who opt to remain in their countries of asylum.
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Ivory Coast: Ouattara to meet with Gbagbo on July 27

Ghana Web 22 Jul 2021
This meeting, the first since Gbagbo's return to Abidjan in mid-June after a decade in exile and years of legal procedures at the International Criminal Court, is awaited by many in the West ...
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EPA reviews Abidjan Convention to reinforce protection of coastal sub-region

Business Ghana 07 Jul 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Tuesday started a national consultation, to review the Abidjan Convention, a legal tool aimed at protecting the marine environment and making it more responsive in managing coastal resources of the sub-region ... The Abidjan Convention is a ...
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Overexploitation of mangroves threatening coastal ecosystems – EPA boss

Graphic 06 Jul 2021
... of action plans for the additional protocol to the Abidjan Convention on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 in Accra ... The Abidjan Convention is a legal tool for cooperation in the protection and development of the marine environment and coastal region of the West, Central, and Southern Africa.
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Côte d’Ivoire

Human Rights 07 Nov 2019
Judicial System Gradual efforts to strengthen the judicial system continued, demonstrated by the more frequent organization of cour d’assises sessions in Abidjan and two regional courts and the establishment of a legal aid fund ... Abidjan’s juvenile detention center is housed inside ...
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Bawumia-Demands-Formation-Of-Abidjan-Lagos-Corridor-Authority

Peace FM Online 19 Oct 2019
... Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project ... Bawumia seized the opportunity to urge member States of the Abidjan to Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project to take a critical look at the legal as well as territorial parameters of the project within the regional context.
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Dealing with private schools

The News International 25 Sep 2019
On the face of growing private-sector participation in education, internationally, the Abidjan principles were developed using human rights legal standards and jurisprudence ... On the face of growing private-sector participation in education, internationally, the Abidjan principles were developed using human rights legal standards and jurisprudence ... .
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African healthcare systems are in an arms race with a rising fake medicine problem

Quartz 23 Apr 2019
This alert came at a time the Cameroon Customs had just seized thousands of drugs of questionable quality ... A vendor writes as she stands in a legal pharmacy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ... The expected blockchain-based solution is designed to help track and contain the circulation of substandard and counterfeit drugs along the legal supply chain.
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African Legal Support Facility Trains African Lawyers On Negotiating Deals In Key Economic Sectors

Modern Ghana 28 Feb 2019
Abidjan, Cote d rsquo;Ivoire, 28 February 2019 - The African Legal Support Facility has completed a two-day workshop for African lawyers and government negotiators, aimed at strengthening their capacity to negotiate complex deals involving inv ... .
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Experts from around the world set to meet in Abidjan to adopt new guiding principles ...

Amnesty 04 Feb 2019
Drawing on legally binding treaties, jurisprudence and other legal sources, the draft of the text that will be discussed in Abidjan has been developed by a Drafting Committee made up of nine internationally recognised experts on human rights law.

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