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How Africans Are Changing French — One Joke, Rap and Book at a Time

More than 60 percent of French speakers now live in Africa. Despite growing resentment at France, Africans are contributing to the evolution and spread of the French language.

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Playing Soccer in $1.50 Sandals That Even Gucci Wants to Copy

In Ivory Coast, lêkê are the preferred footwear for amateur games and almost everything else.

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China Keeps Building Stadiums in Africa. But at What Cost?

This year’s Africa Cup of Nations, like several previous editions, played out in Chinese-built arenas. It will end with familiar questions about their legacy.

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Why Cocoa and Chocolate Prices are Rising

After a production shortfall in West Africa, cocoa prices rose to $4,000 a metric ton from $2,500. Then they went nuts.

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Chocolate Prices Have Spiked. Why Are Cocoa Farmers Still So Poor?

A destructive market dynamic discourages production.

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Book Review: ‘Comrade Papa,’ by GauZ’

“Comrade Papa” is told from the perspective of two European arrivals to the West African country, nearly a century apart.

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Attacks on L.G.B.T.Q. People in Ivory Coast Shake Sense of Security

Ivory Coast, long considered one of West Africa’s most tolerant societies, has recently seen a string of assaults on L.G.B.T.Q. people after several social media influencers exhorted their followers to...

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Undersea Surgeons

The cables at the heart of the lightspeed, globe-spanning internet run across the grimy, perilous, inaccessible deeps of the sea, in places no one ever sees or visits – until the cables break.

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A Staunch Ally in Africa Says French Forces Will Withdraw

The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses influence there.

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Early Humans Thrived in Rainforests

The discovery clashes with the traditional image of humans evolving on the savannas of East Africa.

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