However, they could be overtaken by Cameroon or Ivory Coast, who are away in Sudan and Benin respectively.
The Beirut-born Hassoun blamed his actions in part on childhood trauma living in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
There are already signs of farmers switching from cocoa to rubber in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast has asked the United Nations for drones to monitor its border with Liberia.
Chelsea flaunts 11 top foreigners, including Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba and Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech.
The Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium was named after the founding president of Ivory Coast.
Dagobert Banzio, Ivory Coast's sports minister, gave more details in a broadcast on state television.
Twelve teams have entered the event, including guest sides from Zambia, Malawi and Ivory Coast.
The most widely read book in Ivory Coast is almost certainly the Christian bible.
Other areas with political uncertainty include the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ivory Coast.
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Ivory Coast are in drawn in Group G with Brazil, Portugal and North Korea.
Not a lot of people gave them a chance of beating the Ivory Coast.
Five-time champions Brazil face Portugal, Ivory Coast and North Korea in arguably the strongest group.
"The interest from Ivory Coast is real, but first I have to analyze the situation, " Hiddink said.
The Senegalese foreign minister, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, has arrived in Ivory Coast on a new mediation mission.
The court currently has investigations in the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, Ivory Coast and Libya.
Algeria, Cameroon and Nigeria opened with defeats while Ivory Coast and hosts South Africa drew their games.
And one could say the same for the French positions in Libyan, Ivory Coast or Syrian crisis.
For West African countries such as Senegal and the Ivory Coast, Paris is much more than a protector.
Western Ivory Coast has seen deadly raids by supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo, ousted in 2011's war.
Ivory Coast's military prosecutor Ange Kessi Kouame told BBC Focus on Africa that he carried out investigations impartially.
The Copper Bullets beat tournament favorites Ivory Coast in a dramatic penalty shoot-out in Libreville, Gabon last February.
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He finished ahead of Ivory Coast and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba and Ghana and Sunderland forward Asamoah Gyan.
"Jose Nagbe, " like many of you, noted that a shared French heritage links Canada and the Ivory Coast.
Born in 1962, Thiam spent his childhood in Ivory Coast and Morocco before relocating to France for studies.
Operation in Cote d'Ivoire and Ivory Coast troops have increased their presence in the area, Dourlot said Saturday.
The Ivory Coast is a good football nation with a lot of good players - it couldn't be better.
And in Ivory Coast, where the outgoing president has stolen an election and killed protestors to stay in power?
Ivory Coast's hopes of reaching the quarter-finals are now hanging by a thread.
Africa mediators have been trying to end the turmoil in the Ivory Coast that's been going on since 2002.
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