By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on RFI
Four officials from the PDCI-RDA and PPA-CI were placed under judicial supervision after appearing before the anti-terrorism section of the Abidjan Court of First Instance. Their lawyers said the measures were imposed on Friday 23 October, while other opposition officials had been targeted by similar proceedings the previous week, RFI reports.
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Five and then six PDCI-RDA officials are summoned by Ivory Coast’s antiterrorism justice system, before four of them are placed under judicial supervision.
18 OctIvory Coast: six PDCI officials summoned by justice
16 OctFive PDCI-RDA officials summoned by Abidjan anti-terrorism courtThe Democratic Party of Ivory Coast says six of its officials have been summoned before the eighth investigating chamber of the Abidjan Court of First Instance between 15 and 23 October 2026. The party is asking ECOWAS, the African Union and the UN to monitor the proceedings, according to its statement.
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Swiss pilot David Noël Pérez appeared before an investigating judge in Abidjan on 21 October 2026 in a case involving nearly two million dollars in undeclared cash. He was detained on 8 August as he was preparing to leave Ivory Coast, after the money was found in his luggage during a customs inspection, Connection Ivoirienne reports.
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S. T. A. D., nicknamed “Doctor Tanoh”, was referred to the Ivorian justice system on 20 October 2026 in a case involving cosmetic buttock injections, one of which allegedly led to a patient's death. The Economic Police have also registered several complaints against him, L’Infodrome reports.
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Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Handicrafts is holding fire prevention training in Abidjan for 100 SMEs from 19 to 23 October 2026. Participants will study risk identification, prevention measures and emergency procedures as part of a programme run by the Directorate-General for Industry with DAICE support, the AIP reports.
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187 illegal gold miners detained in two Ivory Coast protected areasSurveillance operations in the third quarter led to the detention of 187 illegal gold miners among 307 people in Taï National Park and the Cavally Natural Reserve. The Ivorian Office of Parks and Reserves also seized two vehicles, water pumps and gas cylinders, according to AIP.
Mahama calls on Africa to fund its peace operationsGhanaian President John Mahama has called on African countries to increase funding for their peace operations and reduce their dependence on foreign donors. He cited the annual cost of around $190 million for the African Union’s Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia, compared with $20 million that could be mobilised by the AU Peace Fund, according to his speech at the Tana Forum in Ethiopia.The week in Africa
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