Events in the year 2019 in Ivory Coast.
Incumbents President: Alassane Ouattara Prime Minister: Amadou Gon Coulibaly
Events 6 February – Former president Laurent Gbagbo is cleared of crimes against humanity and released to Belgium.Ivory Coast's ex-president Laurent Gbagbo released to Belgium Al Jazeera, 6 Feb 2020 6 August – Ivory Coast and Ghana set a base price of US $2,600 per ton for 2020-21 cocoa prices.Chocolate gold: Ivory Coast and Ghana set a fixed price for cocoa Al Jazeera, 6 Aug 2020 24 December: Presidential candidate and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro diverts his plane to Ghana after the government issued an arrest warrant for him.Ivory Coast issues arrest warrant for presidential candidate Al Jazeera, 24 Dec 2020
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 (b. 1934) 9 March – Bernard Binlin Dadié, novelist, playwright and poet, Minister of Culture (b. 1916)Deuil : l'écrivain Bernard Dadié est décédé 12 August – DJ Arafat, 33, singer and drummer; motorcycle accidentIvory Coast music star DJ Arafat dies in road crash Al Jazeera, 12 Aug 2019
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