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Côte d'Ivoire reopens its land borders closed since the Covid
February 15, 2023
AFP
Côte d'Ivoire will reopen its land borders overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, closed since March 2020 and the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government spokesman announced on Wednesday after the Council of Ministers. ministers.
"The Council adopted a decree opening the land borders of Côte d'Ivoire" , declared Amadou Coulibaly, specifying that these would be reopened "at midnight".
The had closed its land, sea and air borders on March 22, 2020, when the whole world was barricaded in the face of the pandemic. While the sea and air borders reopened after a few months, the land borders remained closed.
Côte d'Ivoire borders Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana. Millions of people from these countries living on Ivorian soil had to take cross roads to get to their country of origin.
"We now control the clandestine transit routes, we invite all travelers to go through the official transit routes from now on", declared Mr. Coulibaly. Côte d'Ivoire had been relatively spared from the Covid-19 pandemic with around 800 dead, according to official figures.
Last month, the National Security Council, chaired by Head of State Alassane Ouattara, welcomed the "excellent results recorded in the fight against Covid-19 since 2020"and had announced the gradual lifting of the measures provided for in the context of the state of health emergency.
https://www.voaafrique.com/a/la-côt...rrestres-fermées-depuis-le-covid/6964170.html
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15-02-2023
DEFENSE AND SECURITY: THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF LAND BORDERS ON FEBRUARY 15, 2023 FROM MIDNIGHT
Abidjan, February 15, 2023 – The Ivorian government has decided to open land borders this Wednesday, February 15, 2023 from midnight, announced the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, government spokesperson, Amadou Coulibaly, at the end of the Council of Ministers, on February 15, 2023 in Abidjan.
“The Council adopted a decree opening the land borders of Côte d'Ivoire. In view of the favorable evolution of the global health situation and the resumption of economic activities, the air and sea borders have been opened. In this same dynamic, the decree adopted today sets the opening of land borders from Wednesday February 15, 2023 at midnight,” said Amadou Coulibaly.
According to the government spokesperson, this decision to reopen the land borders comes mainly after the control of the secondary routes of illegal crossings by the security forces. Something which allows, he continued, a redirection of travelers to the official crossings in order to be able to ensure better control of the migratory flow.
As a reminder, as part of the fight against the spread of the Coronavirus disease, the government decided, on March 20, 2020, to close the land, sea and air borders of Côte d'Ivoire to all traffic in persons, this as of March 22, 2020.
https://www.gouv.ci/_actualite-article.php?recordID=14741&d=1#p
Côte d'Ivoire reopens its land borders closed since the Covid
February 15, 2023
AFP
Côte d'Ivoire will reopen its land borders overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, closed since March 2020 and the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government spokesman announced on Wednesday after the Council of Ministers. ministers.
"The Council adopted a decree opening the land borders of Côte d'Ivoire" , declared Amadou Coulibaly, specifying that these would be reopened "at midnight".
The had closed its land, sea and air borders on March 22, 2020, when the whole world was barricaded in the face of the pandemic. While the sea and air borders reopened after a few months, the land borders remained closed.
Côte d'Ivoire borders Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana. Millions of people from these countries living on Ivorian soil had to take cross roads to get to their country of origin.
"We now control the clandestine transit routes, we invite all travelers to go through the official transit routes from now on", declared Mr. Coulibaly. Côte d'Ivoire had been relatively spared from the Covid-19 pandemic with around 800 dead, according to official figures.
Last month, the National Security Council, chaired by Head of State Alassane Ouattara, welcomed the "excellent results recorded in the fight against Covid-19 since 2020"and had announced the gradual lifting of the measures provided for in the context of the state of health emergency.
https://www.voaafrique.com/a/la-côt...rrestres-fermées-depuis-le-covid/6964170.html
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15-02-2023
DEFENSE AND SECURITY: THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF LAND BORDERS ON FEBRUARY 15, 2023 FROM MIDNIGHT
Abidjan, February 15, 2023 – The Ivorian government has decided to open land borders this Wednesday, February 15, 2023 from midnight, announced the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, government spokesperson, Amadou Coulibaly, at the end of the Council of Ministers, on February 15, 2023 in Abidjan.
“The Council adopted a decree opening the land borders of Côte d'Ivoire. In view of the favorable evolution of the global health situation and the resumption of economic activities, the air and sea borders have been opened. In this same dynamic, the decree adopted today sets the opening of land borders from Wednesday February 15, 2023 at midnight,” said Amadou Coulibaly.
According to the government spokesperson, this decision to reopen the land borders comes mainly after the control of the secondary routes of illegal crossings by the security forces. Something which allows, he continued, a redirection of travelers to the official crossings in order to be able to ensure better control of the migratory flow.
As a reminder, as part of the fight against the spread of the Coronavirus disease, the government decided, on March 20, 2020, to close the land, sea and air borders of Côte d'Ivoire to all traffic in persons, this as of March 22, 2020.
https://www.gouv.ci/_actualite-article.php?recordID=14741&d=1#p