La cathédrale Saint-Paul d’Abidjan est la cathédrale de l'archidiocèse d'Abidjan.
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St Paul's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in the city of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The cathedral, which was designed by the Italian architect Aldo Spirito, serves as the mother church for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Abidjan.
The first stone of the cathedral was consecrated on May 11, 1980, by Pope John Paul II during his first pastoral visit to Côte d'Ivoire. He further dedicated the building upon completion on August 10, 1985, during a second visit to the country to lay the foundation for the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro. The cost of implementing this modern architectural edifice, reputedly the second largest church on the African continent, and one of the largest cathedrals in the world, was estimated at $12 million. Architecturally, the cathedral is unique and modern, built to meet the aspirations of the people of Côte d'Ivoire.
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Abidjan) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire.
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The CCIA Building,, is a skyscraper located on Rue Jean-Paul II, in the Plateau community of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Built in 1982 and topping out at 94 metres tall, it is the fourth-tallest building in Abidjan. It is part of a group of buildings planned in the 1970s and intended for use as offices and headquarters for publicly traded companies. Its architecture differs from other buildings in the neighborhood, with two long faces almost exclusively covered in tinted windows that reflect colors in the sky.
Built on an area of 12,000 m2, the building is made up of 28 floors, of which 26 floors of offices, three floors below ground, a 650 space parking garage, and a 350-seat auditorium.
The building was constructed with the goal of uniting all the export promotion organizations in Côte d'Ivoire, replacing the Ivorian Center for Foreign Trade. It made it easier for the organizations to coordinate and prioritize their activities. The CCIA, partnered with the "World Trade Center" movement. It received additional support form the United Nations, strictly linked to institutional restructuring, development of local small and medium-sized enterprises and global promotion of Ivorian products. The construction was financed by the United Nations Development Programme and supervised by the International Trade Centre between 1985 and 1991, under the authority of then-Minister of Commerce, Nicolas Kouandi-Angba.
The building was severely damaged during the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis, but had been in a state of disrepair for nearly a decade prior following financial mismanagement on the part of SIEGIM-CI, owners of the building in the 2000s. The building was renovated between September 2012 and October 2013, in order to welcome the provisional headquarters of the African Development Bank, which had previously been housed in the Ministry of Commerce.
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Tour F is a supertall office skyscraper under construction in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Started in 2021 and expected to be completed in 2026, it will stand at 421 metres tall with 75 floors and will surpass the Iconic Tower in Egypt's The New Capital to become the tallest building in Africa.
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The National Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Ivory Coast since November 2016. From 1960 to 2016, the National Assembly was Ivory Coast's unicameral legislative body. Evolved from semi-representative bodies of the French Colonial period, the first National Assembly was constituted on 27 November 1960 with 70 elected members in accordance with the Constitution of 31 October 1960, which created the First Republic.
Legislative power in Ivory Coast is exercised by Deputies elected from Constituencies by a Scrutin de Liste or Plurality-at-large voting which has neither a proportional representation or panachage element common in many such systems. The powers of this Assembly expire at the end of its second regular session in the fifth year of its mandate. The Assembly is then reformed by election from candidates who must be Ivorian citizens of 25 years or older who have never renounced their Ivorian nationality.
The first National Assembly of the Second Republic of Ivory Coast elected for the period 2000–2005 was marked by both internal political crisis and the Ivorian Civil War. No elections were held in 2005, but with the peace deal ending the Civil War, elections are expected on 30 November 2008.
The 2011 Ivorian parliamentary election was dominated by the Rally of the Republicans, the party of President Alassane Ouattara, followed by the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally. The current National Assembly is made up of 255 elected officials, with the National Assembly president post being vacant.