Events in the year 2021 in

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

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President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Alassane Ouattara Alassane Dramane Ouattara (; ; born 1 January 1942) is an Ivorian politician and economist who has been List of heads of state of Ivory Coast, President of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) since 2010. An economist by profession, he worked for the I ...

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Hamed Bakayoko Hamed Bakayoko (8 March 1965 – 10 March 2021) was an Ivorian politician who served as Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from 8 July 2020 until his death on 10 March 2021. He had previously served as the country's Minister of New Technologies, ...

(2020-2021) Died March 10 **

Patrick Achi Patrick Jérôme Achi (born 17 November 1955) is an Ivorian politician who served as Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from March 2021 to October 2023 in President Alassane Ouattara's government. He is a member of the Rally of the Republicans (RD ...

(Interim, starting March 8)

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COVID-19 pandemic in Ivory Coast The COVID-19 pandemic in Ivory Coast was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Ivory Coast in March 2020. __TO ...

*January 11 – Former minister Abdallah Mabri Toikeusse resurfaces following a two-month hiatus. *January 13 – Three U.N. peacekeepers from the Ivory Coast are killed by an

improvised explosive device An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional warfare, conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery shell, attached t ...

(IED) on the road between

Douentza Douentza (Fulfulde: ''Duwayⁿsa'') is a town and urban commune in the Mopti Region of central Mali. The town lies 145 km east-northeast of Mopti on the RN16, a paved road that links Mopti and Gao. It is the administrative center of the Doue ...

and

Timbuktu Timbuktu ( ; ; Koyra Chiini: ; ) is an ancient city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River. It is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrative regions of Mali, having a population of 32,460 in the 2018 census. ...

, Mali. Six others soldiers were wounded. *February 12 – France opens a center in

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of the overall population ...

that will train more than 10,000 teachers from 15 French-speaking countries in five years. *February 26 – Ivory Coast receives 504,000 doses of

COVID-19 vaccine A COVID19 vaccine is a vaccine intended to provide acquired immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID19). Knowledge about the structure and fun ...

under the

COVAX COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, abbreviated as COVAX, is a worldwide initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines directed by the GAVI vaccine alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and the World He ...

vaccine-sharing plan. Ivory Coast has recorded around 35,650 COVID-19 cases and 188 deaths. *March 6 – More than 1,500 candidates peacefully contest 255-seats in the

2021 Ivorian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ivory Coast on 6 March 2021. The previous elections, held in 2016, saw the presidential coalition (the Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace, composed of the Rally of the Republicans, the Democratic ...

. *March 8 –

is named interim Prime Minister. *March 9 –

Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace The Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (, RHDP) is a political party in Ivory Coast. History The RHDP was established as a political alliance on 18 May 2005, seeking to reclaim the political ideology of the country's founding presid ...

(RHDP) wins 137 of 254 contested seats in the parliamentary election. Union for Democracy and Peace in Ivory Coast (UDPCI) claims fraud and the

Ivorian Popular Front The Ivorian Popular Front (; abbr. FPI) is a centre-left, democratic socialist and social democratic political party in Ivory Coast. History FPI was founded in exile in 1982 by history professor Laurent Gbagbo, Aboudramane Sangaré, and oth ...

(FPI) appeals for calm until official results are in. Turnout was 37.88%. *March 10 – Prime Minister

dies in Germany. *March 26 – Patrick Achi is officially named Prime Minister. *March 31 – The

International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an intergovernmental organization and International court, international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute ...

(ICC) upheld the acquittal of former president

Laurent Gbagbo Koudou Laurent Gbagbo
, FPI website . ( G ...

on charges of crimes against humanity. *June 17 – Former president Gbagbo returns to Ivory Coast.

Deaths

*27 January – Guy-Alain Gauze, 68, former minister and ambassador. *5 February – Laurent Dona Fologo, 81, politician; COVID-19. *23 February – Willy Braciano, 21, footballer (

Ivory Coast national football team The Ivory Coast national football team ( French: ''Équipe de football de Côte d'Ivoire'', recognized as the Côte d'Ivoire by FIFA) represents Ivory Coast in men's international football. Nicknamed ''the Elephants'', the team is managed by t ...

); liver cancer. *10 March –

, 56, Prime Minister (2020-2021); cancer. *17 May –

Bruno Kouamé Bruno Kouamé (16 December 1927 – 17 May 2021) was an Ivorian Roman Catholic bishop. Koaumé was born in the Ivory Coast and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Abengourou The Roman ...

, 93,

bishop emeritus In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of holy orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine, governing Catholics in his jurisdiction, sanctifying the world and representing the c ...

Abengourou Abengourou is a city in eastern Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both Comoé District and Indénié-Djuablin Region. It is also a commune and the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Abengourou Department. Abengourou is primarily populated by the A ...

. *19 May – Zakpa Komenan, 76, former sports and education minister. *19 May – Charles Gomis, 80, former diplomat and foreign minister. *3 July – Franck Abd-Bakar Fanny, 51, photographer. *9 September – Albert Kakou Tiapani, 86, politician. *10 September –

Charles Konan Banny Charles Konan Banny (11 November 1942 – 10 September 2021)Biography at BCEAO website

, 78, former prime minister; COVID-19.

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