Host governments, and international and national organizations; develop new programs; manage security and personnel. Liaise with Headquarters and oversee the establishment and implementation of program objectives, activities, evaluations and assessments. English and French fluency required.

A raid by 10 policemen on a publishing house in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on Monday 9 September was on Thursday condemned by Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), which described it as "worrying" for press freedom in the West African country.

An action plan to assist Liberian refugees in western Côte d’Ivoire in the areas of health and environmental sanitation has been put in place, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies reported last Wednesday.

For the first time since elections two years ago ended a military-led regime, Côte d’Ivoire’s main political parties are all represented in government as a result of a cabinet reshuffle announced on Monday.

The ruling Front populaire ivoirien (FPI) and the former ruling party, le Parti democratique de Cote d'Ivoire (PDCI) each took 18 councils in Côte d’Ivoire’s first-ever local elections. A total of 58 councils (called departments) were contested in Sunday's polls. Voter-turnout was however a low 30 percent and allegations of fraud have emerged.