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The Foreign Ministry celebrated Ivory Coast's Independence Day with a statement uploaded to social media on Monday.

"Best wishes to the people and government of Ivory Coast celebrating their Independence Day," read the statement.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias began his three-day tour in West Africa by meeting Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara in the city of Abidjan on Wednesday.

"A fruitful discussion on enhancing Greece-Ivory Coast relations, including in economy and investments, security issues in the region and the Russian invasion of Ukraine," was had by the two men noted Dendias in a tweet.

Three Bulgarian citizens have died in the crash of a Mi-24 military helicopter in Côte d'Ivoire on September 10, 2021.

This is stated in an official statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The information has been confirmed through the Bulgarian embassy in Nigeria.

They were aboard a Mi-24 military helicopter

The information about three Bulgarian citizens who died in a helicopter accident in Côte d'Ivoire has been confirmed. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that they had been notified through unofficial channels through the embassy in Nigeria.

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The price of cocoa extended its biggest weekly rise in five years as a revolt unravels in Cote d'Ivoire, which produces almost half of the world's cocoa beans.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara dismissed the heads of the army, police and gendarmes on Jan. 9, after a two-day military mutiny that spread unrest across the West African nation, according to a presidency statement. 

Mutinous soldiers released Ivory Coast's Defense Minister Alain Richard Donwahi late Jan. 7 after detaining him for two hours in a tense standoff over pay.

Al-Qaeda's North African branch said its attack on a beach resort in Ivory Coast on March 13 that killed 18 people was revenge for a French offensive against Islamist militants in the Sahel region and called for its forces to withdraw. 

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has condemned the terrorist attack in the Ivory Coast beach resort of Grand-Bassam that took place on Sunday.

He offered condolences to the country's president, Alassane Ouattara, and the families of the victims.