Abidjan - During an audience between Ivorian Presidents Alassane Ouattara and Senegalese President Macky Sall on June 20, 2019 in Abidjan, five bilateral agreements were signed in several sectors, with a view to boosting Ivorian-Senegalese cooperation.

It is a cooperation agreement in the field of social housing, a cooperation agreement in the field of energy and oil, a cooperation agreement and cinematographic exchanges.

There is also a film cooperation protocol between the Ivorian Ministry of Culture and Francophonie and the Senegalese Ministry of Culture and Communication and finally a commercial cooperation agreement between Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal.

On a 72-hour state visit to Abidjan, the Senegalese Head of State, Macky Sall, will visit the Ivorian Electricity Production Company (CIPREL) this Friday, June 21. He will be accompanied there by Ivorian Vice-President Daniel Kablan Duncan.

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Africa /SHELTER AFRIQUE, MARAKECH: Bruno Koné obtains the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the construction of 3,000 social housing units in Abidjan

The 38th Annual General Assembly of Shelter Afrique opened in Marrakech, Morocco on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Côte d'Ivoire, a member of this pan-African intergovernmental institution since 2012, is represented at this general assembly by the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Urban Planning. Mr. Bruno Nabagné Koné and his delegation are actively taking part in the work and have already won two major victories at this sub-regional assembly. Indeed, the Ivorian delegation obtained the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Shelter Afrique relating to the construction in Abidjan of 3,000 social housing units and obtained the entry into the Board of Directors of the institution of Mr. Célestin Koala, Director Housing in Côte d'Ivoire. The latter will carry the voice of 09 other African countries that are the Central African Republic, Burundi, Mali, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Chad, Burkina, Senegal and Djibouti, within this Board of Directors.

Created in 1982, Shelter Afrique is an institution whose mission is mainly focused on research, financing and the promotion of housing in Africa. Shelter Afrique, in the implementation of its mission, benefits from the support of the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the United Nations Habitat Program (UN-HABITAT).

The objective of Côte d'Ivoire by joining this organization is to establish a solid and lasting partnership with Shelter Afrique, with a view to improving the level of housing in general and developing social and economic housing in particular on Ivorian territory. As a reminder, since November 2016, Abidjan has been home to the regional headquarters for French-speaking West Africa of Shelter Afrique.