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Fans arrive at the Ebimpe Olympic Stadium on the outskirts of Abidjan ahead of Nigeria-Ivory Coast Africa Cup of Nations final. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron meets the Ivory Coast President, Alassane Ouattara, for a working lunch at the Élysée Palace. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron welcome Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara and First Lady Dominique Ouattara to the Elysee Palace. IMAGES
The trial resumes in Mali of the 46 Ivorian troops whose detention has sparked a diplomatic row between both countries. They arrive for their trial in the capital Bamako ahead of a January 1 deadline set by West African leaders for Mali to release the soldiers or face sanctions. Originally 49 had been held after they arrived at Bamako airport on July 10. Three, all women, were later freed. Those remaining, were branded by Mali's junta as "mercenaries", and charged with seeking to undermine state security. IMAGES
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is expected to return to his home village of Mama in the Gagnoa region of west-central Ivory Coast, which he was forced to leave ten years ago. IMAGES