2019 in Ivory Coast
Events in the year 2019 in Ivory Coast.
Incumbents
President: Alassane OuattaraPrime Minister: Amadou Gon CoulibalyEvents
- 6 February – Former president Laurent Gbagbo is cleared of crimes against humanity and released to Belgium.
- 6 August – Ivory Coast and Ghana set a base price of US $2,600 per ton for 2020-21 cocoa prices.
- 24 December: Presidential candidate and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro diverts his plane to Ghana after the government issued an arrest warrant for him.
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
- 9 March – Bernard Binlin Dadié, novelist, playwright and poet, Minister of Culture
- 12 August – DJ Arafat, 33, singer and drummer; motorcycle accident