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23 days ago

Authorities say rainy season getting deadlier, with Ghana reporting 13 dead and floods hitting Benin, Togo and Nigeria

Floods in Côte d’Ivoire have killed 59 people since May, the communication minist…

29 days ago

Ivory Coast reaches World Cup knockout stage for the first time after Nicolas Pépé’s brace beats Curaçao 2-0, sparking huge celebrations in Abidjan.

63 days ago

Threat of jihadism continues to lurk along borders with Mali and Burkina Faso

These days, when she is not organising the annual International Day of Reggae celebrations in Côte d’Ivoire, Rose Ebirim p…

3 months ago

Late-night gallery tours and new venues signal a city staking its claim as a regional arts capital

On a recent weekday evening, the doors of more than a dozen galleries and museums across Abidjan stay…

4 months ago

Djidji Ayôkwé was handed to Ivorian officials in Paris earlier this month

A sacred artefact looted by French colonial authorities more than a century ago has been returned to Côte d’Ivoire in one of t…

8 months ago

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 …

9 months ago

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…

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…

10 months ago

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 …

11 months ago

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…

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