Rappler's latest stories on ivory
Ivory Coast Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan quits
The announcement comes after the sudden death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly on July 8
Former Ivory Coast premier announces bid for presidency
Pascal Affi N'Guessan will make a run for the Ivory Coast presidency in upcoming elections, in a move highlighting fractures in the FPI party
Ivory Coast sees $500-million export loss for cashew, cotton
Ivory Coast is the world's biggest producer of cashews and Africa's 3rd biggest producer of cotton. Both industries are affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Ivory Coast king seeks to exorcise coronavirus
An aide says the monarch could order a procession of naked women to ward off the coronavirus by seeking the protection of spirits
Ivory Coast props up cocoa, cashew growers in face of virus
Ivory Coast is the world's top cocoa producer. Exports could drop because of the global economic downturn.
Crowd in Ivory Coast destroys coronavirus test center
The building, which was still under construction, had never been intended as a treatment center for virus patients – only as a testing center, says a health ministry official
Plea for 'Marshall Plan' as pandemic hits African economies
Niger, Ivory Coast, and Burkina Faso say the coronavirus pandemic has devastated their prospects for growth in 2020
Ivory Coast confirms 1st coronavirus case
Africa has so far mostly escaped large numbers of cases of the epidemic that has spread across 110 countries since first emerging in China in December
Ivory Coast ex-president wants 'unconditional release' – lawyer
Gbagbo and his deputy Charles Ble Goude were both cleared of crimes against humanity a year ago
Vietnam seizes two tons of ivory tusks, pangolin scales
Authorities find the ivory tusks and pangolin scales inside wood boxes shipped from Nigeria
New cocoa deals help peasant farmers, but not enough
Cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast and Ghana remain mired in poverty
Rubio stars as Spain shrugs off slow start to FIBA World Cup 2019
Spain arrests a poor start while tournament favorite Serbia wastes no time stamping its class
Gilas wraps up Spain camp with win over Ivory Coast
Andray Blatche and Robert Bolick show the way anew as the Philippines wins 3 of its 4 friendly matches in Guadalajara and Malaga
Gilas turns back Ivory Coast to stay unbeaten in Spain camp
Gilas Pilipinas erases Ivory Coast's double-digit lead to go 2-of-2 in its practice games in Guadalajara
Ivory Coast must overhaul key cocoa sector – World Bank
'Despite its importance to the Ivorian economy and society, the cocoa sector is not playing its role as the engine of economic development,' says the World Bank
Cocoa prices soar as Ivory Coast, Ghana threaten supply cut
Ivory Coast and Ghana, which together account for 60% of the world's cocoa production, summon buyers to demand a price of $2,600 per ton
Vietnam seizes 9 tons of suspected ivory from Congo
The ivory-stuffed timber logs are discovered Tuesday at Danang's main port on a ship from the Republic of Congo in central Africa
The week in photos: March 2-8, 2019
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world
Belgium to take in ex-Ivory Coast president Gbagbo
The International Criminal Court finally frees Gbagbo, after his shock acquittal last month on charges of crimes against humanity
ICC halts release of Ivory Coast's Gbagbo
Prosecutors file a last-ditch challenge to keep Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Ble Goude behind bars while the ICC looks at an overall appeal against the decision to acquit them
Mali says foiled New Year's Eve terror attacks
Authorities say the suspects earlier 'took part in the double attack on March 2 in Ouagadougou' as well as the abduction of a Colombian nun in February 2017 in southern Mali
DENR seizes P300,000 worth of threatened plant species in Quezon
The environment department confiscates 34 sacks of the threatened Philippine bantigue
Goldberg leads WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2018 inductees
The Dudley Boyz, Ivory, Mark Henry, Jeff Jarrett, Hillbilly Jim, and singer Kid Rock complete the list of pro wrestling icons in this year's Hall of Fame
Chinese ban on ivory sales goes into effect
African ivory is highly sought after in China, where it is seen as a status symbol, and used to fetch as much as $1,100 a kilogram
4 die as French army-chartered plane crashes off Ivory Coast
(UPDATED) Six other aboard the Antonov aircraft are injured
Nearly 100 inmates escape in Ivory Coast prison break
The inmates are reportedly followers of Coulibaly Yacouba the late leader of a prison mutiny last year
Ivory Coast footballer Cheick Tiote dies during training
The 30 year old died while training with his Chinese club Beijing Enterprises
Ivory Coast government and rebel troops reach deal
The troops have agreed to return to their barracks and for this reason gunfire has halted in Bouake says a local official
Ivory Coast soldiers end mutiny after deal
UPDATED The soldiers reach a deal with the government regarding their demands for higher salaries housing and faster promotion
China to ban ivory trade by end of 2017 – media
The complete ban would affect 34 processing enterprises and 143 designated trading venues with dozens to be closed by the end of March 2017
Ivory Coast's impoverished children try golf, game of the rich
The aim is to get them out of poverty through golf and give a chance to all children in Ivory Coast no matter what their social level says one golf instructor
Most illegal ivory from recently killed elephants – study
International trade in ivory from elephants killed after 1989 has long been banned
Ivory Coast to learn result of vote on new constitution
Questions remain as to how large the turnout will have been and how legitimate the outcome will appear
Scuffles as Ivory Coast votes on divisive constitution
The proposed new constitution would see the creation of the post of vice president but critics say it is simply a monarchistic tactic by President Alassane Ouattara
African elephants 'suffer worst decline in 25 years'
Poaching takes a dramatic toll on the elephant population in Africa with just around 415 000 elephants left
Wildlife meeting weighs how to save endangered species
The plight of Africa s rhino and elephants targeted for their horns and tusks is expected to dominate much of the 12 day meeting
World governments urge end to domestic ivory markets
World leaders of the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN voted to call on countries to close ivory trade
Ivory Coast cocoa farmers seek gold in face of drought
Ivory Coast is the world s leading cocoa exporter but thousands of farmers there are now turning to unlicensed gold mines where they earn more
1 dead, several injured in shooting at Ivory Coast protest
A hospital source says about 10 injured people were taken to hospital while one succumbed to his gunshot wounds
Singapore destroys tons of illegal ivory
It is the first time seized ivory has been destroyed in Singapore
Value of environmental crime at record-high $258B – report
Environmental crime is the world’s 4th largest criminal enterprise after drug smuggling counterfeiting and human trafficking
Kenya lights world's biggest ivory bonfire
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta sets fire to the world s biggest ivory bonfire after demanding a total ban on trade in tusks and horns to end murderous trafficking and prevent the extinction of elephants in the wild
'King of Congolese rumba' Papa Wemba dies
Papa Wemba one of Africa s greatest music stars dies Sunday after collapsing on stage during a festival in the Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast will not be 'intimidated by terrorists' – president
The death toll in the country s first jihadist attack climbs to 18
Al-Qaeda claims deadly attack at Ivory Coast beach resort
3rd UPDATE The attack bears grim similarities to the Islamist gun and grenade assault on a Tunisian beach resort last June
Malaysia customs seizes 159 kg in smuggled ivory
It is the latest seizures in a country used as a key Asian transit point in the illegal trade
'Powerful few' control ivory trafficking in Africa
Scientists say only a few kingpins control the illegal trade based on DNA analysis done on ivory samples
Ivory Coast government resigns ahead of reshuffle
President Alassane Ouattara thanks Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan for his competence leadership and action at the head of the government
Philippine Catholic leaders urged to reject ivory
The beauty of a work of art cannot justify the slaughter of wildlife the threat posed to biodiversity by poachers and traffickers says CBCP s Socrates Villegas
Illegal ivory seized in Vietnam
There have been a number of campaigns to warn Vietnamese not to use products from endangered animals but they have had little success
