2019 in Ivory Coast explained

Events in the year 2019 in Ivory Coast.

Incumbents

• President: Alassane Ouattara
• Prime Minister: Amadou Gon Coulibaly

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]

Notes and References

1. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/ivory-coast-president-laurent-gbagbo-released-belgium-190206061604107.html Ivory Coast's ex-president Laurent Gbagbo released to Belgium
2. https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/chocolate-gold-ivory-coast-ghana-set-fixed-price-cocoa-190806221440295.html Chocolate gold: Ivory Coast and Ghana set a fixed price for cocoa
3. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/ivory-coast-issues-arrest-warrant-presidential-candidate-191224080102479.html Ivory Coast issues arrest warrant for presidential candidate
4. Web site: L'Ascad et l'Université d'Abidjan en deuil : Pr Barthélémy Kotchy est décédé . fr . linfodrome.com. 19 January 2019 . 23 January 2019.
5. http://www.linfodrome.com/vie-politique/46555-deuil-l-ecrivain-bernard-dadie-est-decede Deuil : l'écrivain Bernard Dadié est décédé
6. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/ivory-coast-music-star-dj-arafat-dies-road-crash-190812192633147.html Ivory Coast music star DJ Arafat dies in road crash