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Africa: Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast's 'leke' sandals are often in the country's national colours.  By Sia KAMBOU AFP

I.Coast's 'leke' sandals for the masses become fashion statement

Sep 19, 2023 | Africa: Ivory Coast

In Abidjan, the rainy season is coming to an end, but people never put away their leke -- cheap, water-resistant, plas ...

Sep 4, 2023 | Africa: Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast's ruling party appeared set for a landslide victory according to partial results Sunday from local elections ...

Sep 2, 2023 | Africa: Ivory Coast

Counting has begun after Ivory Coast voted Saturday in local and regional elections set to gauge support for the ruling ...

Sep 2, 2023 | Africa: Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast was voting Saturday in local and regional elections set to gauge support for the ruling party and the opposi ...

Aug 2, 2023 | Africa: Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast's nationalist former president Henri Konan Bedie, who had not excluded the possibility of a return to power ...

Jul 7, 2023 | Africa: Ivory Coast

On a beach south of Ivory Coast's economic hub Abidjan, a group of fishermen are spending the day sitting in the shade a ...

Jul 2, 2023 | Africa: Ivory Coast

Nestle is stepping up its project to combat deforestation in Ivory Coast caused by the growth of cocoa farming, bringing ...

May 25, 2023 | Africa: Ivory Coast

West African fish exporter Ivory Coast on Thursday announced temporary bans on trawling for tuna and other species in a ...

Mar 28, 2023 | Africa: Ivory Coast

On a key motorway in Ivory Coast, a policeman blows his whistle as he pulls over drivers caught breaking the rules of th ...

Mar 13, 2023 | Africa: Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast announced Monday that it will host this year's World Environment Day on June 5 on the theme of solutions to ...

Mar 13, 2023 | Africa: Ivory Coast

The gleaming white basilica that overlooks Yamoussoukro symbolises the ambitions of a modern capital of Ivory Coast, a g ...

Feb 17, 2023 | Africa: Ivory Coast

They queued for hours waiting for Ivory Coast to reopen its land border with Ghana as divided families and traders rejoi ...

Feb 14, 2023 | Africa: Ivory Coast

My grandson fell ill during the night and in the morning he was dead. He was a year and a few months old and could just ...

Jan 31, 2023 | Africa: Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast will increase the amount of cocoa it processes domestically to 49% of production starting from October wi ...