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Events in the year 2019 in Ivory Coast.
Incumbents
Events
- 6 February – Former president Laurent Gbagbo is cleared of crimes against humanity and released to Belgium.[1]
- 6 August – Ivory Coast and Ghana set a base price of US $2,600 per ton for 2020-21 cocoa prices.[2]
- 24 December: Presidential candidate and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro diverts his plane to Ghana after the government issued an arrest warrant for him.[3]
Sports
- 14 September to 18 October: Scheduled date for the 2019 World Draughts Championship, to be held in Yamoussoukro
Deaths
- 19 January – Barthélémy Kotchy, writer and politician (b. 1934)[4]
- 9 March – Bernard Binlin Dadié, novelist, playwright and poet, Minister of Culture (b. 1916)[5]
- 12 August – DJ Arafat, 33, singer and drummer; motorcycle accident[6]
References
- ↑ Ivory Coast's ex-president Laurent Gbagbo released to Belgium Al Jazeera, 6 Feb 2020
- ↑ Chocolate gold: Ivory Coast and Ghana set a fixed price for cocoa Al Jazeera, 6 Aug 2020
- ↑ Ivory Coast issues arrest warrant for presidential candidate Al Jazeera, 24 Dec 2020
- ↑ "L'Ascad et l'Université d'Abidjan en deuil : Pr Barthélémy Kotchy est décédé". linfodrome.com (in French). 19 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ↑ Deuil : l'écrivain Bernard Dadié est décédé (in French)
- ↑ Ivory Coast music star DJ Arafat dies in road crash Al Jazeera, 12 Aug 2019
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