Cote d'Ivoire: Cote d'Ivoire Has Lost 'Nearly 80 Percent of Its Forest and Wildlife Cover'

How can we protect wild animals when the world's forest cover continues to shrink? This is just one of the many issues under discussion at the Cop16 biodiversity summit in Cali,… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Mpox Outbreak Widens As Different Strains Reach Côte d'Ivoire, Thailand

Côte d'Ivoire has reported cases of mpox Clade 2 for the first time since the start of the multi-country outbreak in 2022, while Thailand has confirmed Asia's first known… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Côte d'Ivoire Kicks Off African Rollout of Promising New Malaria Vaccine

Côte d'Ivoire has begun vaccinating children against malaria using a new, affordable vaccine that it's hoped will prove a game changer in the fight against the deadly… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Côte d'Ivoire Receives First Life-Saving Malaria Vaccines

Côte d'Ivoire this week received its first vaccines against malaria, a disease that kills four people a day in the country, mostly small children, the government said… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: 'Festival of Laughter' in Abidjan Celebrates African Stand-Up Comedy

Comedians from across French-speaking Africa are in Abidjan this weekend for the ninth Festival of Laughter - an event that aims to promote stand-up comedy on the continent,… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Gasset Fired As Ivorians Wait for Fate At Africa Cup of Nations

Ivorian football chiefs on Wednesday sacked the national football team head coach Jean-Louis Gasset despite his players having a slim chance of qualification for the knockout… Read more »

Africa: Ekong Penalty Edges Nigeria Past Cote d'Ivoire At Africa Cup of Nations

Nigeria regathered their pride on Thursday night with a 1-0 victory over hosts Cote d'Ivoire to take them joint top of Group A with four points after two games at the 2023 Africa… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Ivorian Activist Fighting for Women's Freedom Wins Simone De Beauvoir Prize

Marie-Paule Djegue Okri, an agronomist and agro-ecology consultant from Côte d'Ivoire, was awarded the Simone de Beauvoir Prize for her work in gender equality. The award,… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: From Côte d'Ivoire to Ukraine to France and Back Again, One Student's Journey

Ben Ahmar Koné left Côte d'Ivoire to study medicine in Ukraine - until war forced him to flee to France. Now newly qualified as a doctor, he tells RFI why he has… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: President Ouattara Meets Macron to Discuss Partnership and Security Issues

French President Emmanuel Macron and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara have discussed the aftermath of the coup in Niger and the "rapid deterioration" of the security situation… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Côte d'Ivoire's Former Prime Minister Soro Says He Is Willing to 'End His Exile'

The former prime minister of Côte d'Ivoire, sentenced to life in prison for undermining national security, said on Monday that he has been in Niamey since Saturday and met… Read more »

West Africa: Junta in Niger Recalls Ambassador After Ivorian President 'Backs Armed Force'

Leaders of the coup in Niger on Tuesday recalled the country's ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire as top politicians from across the continent discussed the crisis.. Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Henri Konan Bédié, Controversial Giant of Ivorian Politics, Dies Aged 89

Côte d'Ivoire's former president Henri Konan Bédié, who had not excluded a possibile return to power in recent years, has died aged 89. Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Study Says Unregulated Cocoa Production Behind Deforestation in Côte d'Ivoire

Belgian researchers report that 45 percent of deforestation in Côte d'Ivoire in the past decade is the result of unregulated cocoa production. Read more »

Africa: Meet the African Comic Book Heroes Taking the World By Storm

The African presence in the world of comic books and graphic novels is sparse, but Ivorian author Marguerite Abouet is changing that. Thanks to her characters Aya and Akissi, both… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Cote d'Ivoire Reopens Land Borders Closed Since Start of Pandemic

Cote d'Ivoire has lifted its Covid-imposed land border closure, officially re-opening its roads to neighboring countries after nearly three years. Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Angela Merkel Awarded UN Peace Prize in Côte d'Ivoire for Helping Refugees

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel has received a prestigious UN award for opening her country to refugees during her time in office. Read more »

West Africa: Ivorian Soldiers Arrested in Mali Were Part of UN Mission - Report

In information revealed by RFI, 49 Ivorian soldiers who were arrested last year in Mali and accused of being mercenaries were part of the UN's Minusma mission and had been deployed… Read more »

Mali: Ouattara Hopes for Normal Relations With Mali After Release of 'Mercenaries'

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has said he hopes Côte d'Ivoire and Mali can move on from the diplomatic crisis sparked by the arrest last year in Bamako of a contingent… Read more »

Mali: Mali Agrees to Release 46 Ivorian Soldiers After Five Months in Detention

In the presence of the Togolese mediator and Cote d'Ivoire delegation, the Malian government agreed on Thursday in Bamako to release the 46 Ivoirian soldiers who have been detained… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: France to Return Restored Ivorian Drum Stolen By Colonial Settlers

Restoration works on the Djidji Ayôkwé, or "talking drum", have now been completed in Paris. The artefact, stored at the Quai Branly museum, is ready to be returned to… Read more »

West Africa: French-Speaking Countries Begin Tunisia Summit Focused On Economy

The world's French-speaking countries gathered in Tunisia on Saturday for talks focused on economic cooperation, more than a year after President Kais Saied began an… Read more »

West Africa: Côte d'Ivoire to Pull Peacekeepers Out of Mali By August 2023

The authorities in Côte d'Ivoire have announced a gradual withdrawal of Ivorian troops from the United Nations peacekeeping force in Mali. The last Ivorian soldiers will… Read more »