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25 hours 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…

31 days 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…

5 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 …

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…

6 months ago

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…

7 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 …

8 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…

10 months ago

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…

11 months ago

Court in Abidjan rules former Credit Suisse CEO should be struck off electoral register, his lawyer says

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