Baobab partner Vaalco Energy — which has just secured another exploration licence offshore the Ivory Coast — said recently that significant development drilling is due to begin in 2026.

Vaalco Energy announced a farm-in of CI-705 Block offshore West Africa, which it will operate under the terms of an acquisition agreement.

Vaalco will operate the block, carrying partners through the seismic reprocessing and interpretation stages and potentially drilling two exploration wells.

The Trump administration's sweeping cuts in foreign aid have impacted programs in northern Ivory Coast to counter the spread ...

Ivory Coast officially took control of the last remaining French military base in the country Thursday as most French forces departed from countries across West Africa. Some 80 French troops will ...

Ghana has been told by an international tribunal not to begin any new offshore drilling for oil in disputed waters with the Ivory Coast. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea did ...

UK- and US-listed independent Vaalco Energy has started 2025 with a major push to launch new drilling campaigns, invest in ...

France on Thursday handed its sole Ivory Coast military base back to its former colony. France has been present in the country for decades, and its departure is in line with a growing trend among ...

Ivory Coast and France plan to maintain some security cooperation even as French soldiers stationed in the West African country start withdrawing. The two countries will continue to engage on ...

In a sign of its changing role, Ivory Coast will host the SIREXE conference ... noted a risk of increased deforestation ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast officially took control of the last remaining French military base in the country on Thursday as the majority of French forces departed from countries ...