With more and more people moving to big cities such as Nairobi and Abidjan, daily commutes are becoming tougher
Africa is a rapidly urbanising continent. Since 1990, the proportion of people who live …
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Tensions mount as Alassane Ouattara seeks fourth term in Ivory Coast vote ⊕
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Protests have been banned and opposition figures sidelined as 83-year-old president ignores calls to step down
“This is worth several more terms,” the Ivorian president, Alassane Ouattara, joked while…
‘We all need someone’: the hairdressers tackling stigma of mental heath issues in west Africa ⊕
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In Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Togo, where therapy services are almost absent, some stylists are being trained to listen, comfort and guide
Yopougon, the largest of Abidjan’s 13 communes, with a populat…
6 months ago
Y2K fashion and vinyl grooves: meet Abidjan’s young guardians of nostalgia ○
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Two Ivorian archivists are documenting bygone eras in music and pop culture for younger African generations
Shortly after it was launched in 2020, the Instagram-based project Archives Ivoire received …
Alex Iwobi: ‘I give 100% in my football but I like to have fun off the pitch as well’ ○
The Fulham midfielder has released a music single with Ramz and been for a walk with a lion but says it will not distract him because ‘I really do enjoy playing football’
Forget the numerous occasions…
8 months ago
Sidi Ould Tah named African Development Bank president ○
Mauritanian economist who led Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa will succeed Akinwunmi Adesina
The African Development Bank has chosen the Mauritanian economist Sidi Ould Tah as its preside…
10 months ago
Tidjane Thiam suffers major blow to presidential ambitions in Ivory Coast ○
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Court in Abidjan rules former Credit Suisse CEO should be struck off electoral register, his lawyer says
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