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  • Ambassadors Carter and Cretz cut the ribbon on the new Border Information Center between Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

    Center Opens between Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

    The Embassy of the United States, in partnership with the National Assembly of Cote d’Ivoire, is pleased to announce the launch of a new U.S.-funded project to reinforce the ability of members of the National Assembly ...

  • U.S. Ambassador Phillip Carter III and National Assembly President Guillaume Soro hold one of the cellphones offered by USAID to members of the National Assembly.

    Capacity Building Program at National Assembly

    ABIDJAN - The Embassy of the United States, in partnership with the National Assembly of Cote d’Ivoire, is pleased to announce the launch of a new U.S.-funded project to reinforce the ability of members of the National Assembly to be more responsive to the citizens they serve...

  • Ambassador’s Remarks on Pride Month

    Pride Month Reception

    Good evening. It is a pleasure for me to welcome you to my home this evening. This June, U.S. Embassies and Missions throughout the world will join the LGBT community to mark Pride Month...

  • Ambassador Phillip Carter III, at his arrival at INPHB Yamoussoukro on April 17, 2013

    Ambassadors Remarks on Reconciliation

    Let me start today by talking a little bit about my own country, the United States. We Americans often describe the United States as a nation of immigrants. Although some of us are Native Americans ...

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  • State Dept. on Rewards for Justice for Terrorists in West Africa (June 3, 2013)

    For the first time, the U.S. Department of State's Rewards for Justice program is offering rewards for information on key leaders of terrorist organizations in West Africa: al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA); and the groups known as the Signed-in-Blood Battalion and Boko Haram... 

  • Border Information Center Opened between Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to Provide Information to Traders (May 24, 2013)

    Noe, Côte d’Ivoire – The Embassy of the United States is pleased to announce the opening of the Border Information Center in Noe, on the border between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. The ministers of transport of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana joined today with U.S. Ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire Phillip Carter III and U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Gene Cretz to formally open the center...  

  • Legislative Strengthening Program Launched with the National Assembly of Cote d’Ivoire (May 16, 2013)

    ABIDJAN - The Embassy of the United States, in partnership with the National Assembly of Cote d’Ivoire, is pleased to announce the launch of a new U.S.-funded project to reinforce the ability of members of the National Assembly to be more responsive to the citizens they serve. The goal of the five-year program is to assist the National Assembly deputies to become more effective in meeting their responsibilities in law-making, internal management, government oversight, and constituent representation...  

  • Health Finance and Governance Project Launched to Improve Quality and Access to Health Care in Cote d’Ivoire (March 26, 2013)

    ABIDJAN - The Embassy of the United States in Cote d’Ivoire, in partnership with the Ivoirian Ministry of Health, is pleased to announce the launching of a new U.S.-funded project that will make important contributions in the coming years to strengthening the health care infrastructure in Cote d’Ivoire. Over the course of the next five years, the Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project, through the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), will increase access to health care by strengthening health finance and governance systems...  

  • Matuto Performs at Villa Kaidin to Wrap Tour of Cote d’Ivoire (March 22, 2013)

    On Thursday, March 22, the American music group, Matuto, gave their final performance in Abidjan at Villa Kaidin. The audience, which included members of the diplomatic corps as well as Embassy friends of the US Embassy and Villa Kaidin, enjoyed Matuto’s unique style of American music in the garden of Villa Kaidin. Matuto concluded the show with a joint performance with members of the local Ivoirian group, Zieti...   For more information on Matuto, visit their website: »

  • Human Rights and National Reconciliation - Remarks by Deputy Chief of Mission Cheryl Sim

    Good morning, I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to say a few words as you begin your conference on Human Rights and National Reconciliation. The United States is a strong defender of human rights worldwide, and I personally have worked on human rights issues for many years as a diplomat. I would first like to emphasize that we must remain vigilant in our efforts to protect our basic human rights, including: the individual freedom of speech; freedom of assembly; the ability to worship without persecution; and to democratically elect political leaders...  

  • Remarks of Ambassador Phillip Carter III at Cote d’Ivoire AWEP Launching Ceremony (February 21, 2013)

    Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us today for the official launch of the Cote d’Ivoire Chapter of the African Women’s Entrepreneurship program or “AWEP.” I am delighted that so many people could be with us at the Embassy for this ceremony. In Africa, women are the backbone of communities, and present the greatest potential to unlocking Africa’s economic growth. As former Secretary Clinton put it, “women can be the rock on which a freer, safer, more prosperous Africa is built. They just need the opportunity.” We believe that Africa will grow more sustainably if women are full partners in that growth …  

Human Rights Report on Cote d'Ivoire

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