South Korea's reward for beating Ivory Coast 2-0 in a friendly international at Loftus Road here on Wednesday was to be promised more "homework" by coach Huh Jung-moo ahead of the World Cup finals. An early goal from Lee Dong-gook and substitute Kwak Tae-hwi's 90th minute effort gave South Korea victory against an Ivory Coast side without a ...

West African regional grouping ECOWAS on Sunday lauded government and opposition parties in Ivory Coast for agreeing on a new government and electoral body to resolve the country's political crisis. The Economic Community of West African States "commends the Ivorian parties for the demonstrated spirit of compromise and consensus in agreeing a new government and a new Independent Electoral ...

Ivory Coast's opposition on Friday said it would join the country's new government, in the latest of a series of developments that brought the nation closer to resolving a political crisis. The west African country has been in turmoil since President Laurent Gbagbo sacked the cabinet and electoral commission on February 12. On Friday Prime Minister Guillaume Soro ...

A new opposition-led electoral panel took charge Friday of planning a long-awaited presidential poll in Ivory Coast, with support from President Laurent Gbagbo's party in its task. The naming of the new Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) late Thursday marked a key step on the way out of a crisis that began when Gbagbo on February 12 dissolved the previous ...