Ivory Coast Sends Forces to Quash a Violent Military Mutiny
Rogue soldiers have staged a mutiny over back pay and better living conditions in Bouaké, setting up a tense standoff with the government.
View ArticleThe Human Toll of Terror
A look at the lives of 247 men, women and children who were cut down in mass killings in six countries.
View ArticleWomen Finding Empowerment in ‘A World of Smoke’
In an impoverished port city in the Ivory Coast, women formed a cooperative to eke out a living making charcoal from the castoffs of sawmills and workshops.
View ArticleInspired by the U.S., West Africans Wield Smartphones to Fight Police Abuse
Citizens are increasingly deploying social media in nations where corruption and abuse by security forces sometimes occur with few repercussions.
View ArticleSoldiers Mutiny in Ivory Coast, Reviving Memories of Civil War
Demanding pay raises and other benefits, soldiers took up arms in at least two cities in the West African nation, paralyzing commerce and terrifying residents.
View ArticleIvory Coast President Says Government Reaches Deal With Soldiers to End Uprising
President Alassane Ouattara said the government had reached an agreement with disgruntled soldiers who had demanded higher salaries and better living conditions.
View ArticleIvory Coast Arrests Six in Ring That Smuggled Parts of Elephants, Leopards...
The crackdown follows another major bust of an ivory trafficking network in Gabon
View ArticleA Taste of Ivory Coast in Brooklyn
Cheick Cisse, the owner of New Ivoire in Harlem, opened Paradis des Gouts hoping to share the food of his childhood with those outside his immigrant community.
View ArticleIvory Coast Style
The photographer Émilie Régnier chronicles popular looks, influenced by Beyoncé and Rihanna, in the hair salons of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
View ArticleOusting Squatter Farmers to Save Forest, Ivory Coast Sets Off New Crisis
Squatters using protected land to grow cocoa have helped strip the country of four-fifths of its woodlands. Now evicted, many of them are struggling to survive.
View ArticleAfrican Officials Respond to France’s Restitution Report
Government officials from Senegal and the Ivory Coast ask for African treasures to be returned.
View ArticleTeaching Children Regardless of Grade
Educators in a remote valley in India devised a community approach to instructing students when teachers were sparse. It’s catching on.
View ArticleLaurent Gbagbo, Former Ivory Coast Leader, Acquitted of Crimes Against Humanity
Mr. Gbagbo is the first former head of state to be tried at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
View Article3 Teenage Migrants Are Charged in Malta With Hijacking Ship at Sea
The suspects, said to be a sociology major and two high school students, allegedly forced a small tanker that had rescued them and others off Libya to head for Europe.
View ArticleIvory Coast President Says Government Reaches Deal With Soldiers to End Uprising
President Alassane Ouattara said the government had reached an agreement with disgruntled soldiers who had demanded higher salaries and better living conditions.
View ArticleA Brutal Disease Kills Monkeys. Flies Could Be Spreading It.
A downside of social living among monkeys and chimpanzees, a new study suggests, is being at greater risk of deadly disease.
View ArticleLess Trash, More Schools — One Plastic Brick at a Time
Plastic garbage collected by a women’s group is being recycled into bricks and used to build schools in West Africa.
View ArticleHas Western L.G.B.T.Q. Activism Actually Hurt the Cause in Africa?
Robbie Corey-Boulet’s “Love Falls on Us” points out the negative consequences of American humanitarian efforts abroad.
View Article‘A New Message’: Russia Trains Its Propaganda Machine on Africa
Many of the players who drove Moscow’s campaign for influence in the West are now backing Putin’s African charm offensive.
View ArticleWest African Countries Take a Step Away From Colonial-Era Currency
A bloc of eight countries will rename their French-backed currency and France will scrap a contentious requirement for reserve deposits.
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