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Today, acquitted of alleged crimes against humanity committed during the battles of 2010-11, Charles Ble Goude says he wants to help bring peace
The West African Virus Epidemiology project aims to shield the region from the advancing peril
From tiny harvests two decades ago, the West African country now holds the cashew crown, supplanting India as the biggest producer of the nut
‘The illicit sector has a turnover of at least 10% of the world’s pharmaceutical business’
A bid to reconcile hardened enemies has all but broken down and time is running out for a commission set up to heal the wounds of bitter strife.
African palm oil producers are hitting back at a "smear campaign" against them by environmentalists that risks ruining their industry.
A war of words has broken out between admirers of voluptuous female figures and those who plump for a more streamlined, traditionally Western, shape.
Gunfire erupted in Abidjan on Wednesday as Côte d’Ivoire’s new government forces tried to dislodge militia loyal to deposed president Laurent Gbagbo.
Thousands of supporters of Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo were holding an overnight rally in Abijdan on Sunday.
An upsurge in fighting in Côte d’Ivoire on Wednesday threatened diplomatic efforts to end a tug-of-war between rival claimants to the presidency.
African mediators left Côte d’Ivoire without a breakthrough in the West African nation’s presidential vote crisis.
Troops loyal to isolated Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo sealed off roads to the hotel that houses Alassane Ouattara’s rival government on Monday.
Mediators looked to have secured an end to Côte d’Ivoie’s political crisis on Monday after the key players agreed to salvage a political accord.
Guinea’s isolated military junta has pledged to cooperate with a UN inquiry into a massacre of opposition demonstrators last month.
Once one of West Africa’s most stunning zoos, Abidjan’s menagerie became a sad victim of the country’s political turmoil but help from South Africa could give it a facelift and…
Côte d’Ivoire was under an arms embargo on Tuesday after a unanimous vote in the United Nations Security Council aiming to quell a new wave of unrest that has convulsed the…
An exodus from Côte d’Ivoire began on Wednesday as France sent planes to evacuate nationals while thousands of Ivorians fled across the borders to escape violence that has…
South African President Thabo Mbeki was on Tuesday to meet his Côte d’Ivoire counterpart Laurent Gbagbo, hoping to ease tensions after a weekend of violence that has evoked…
ELEPHANTS are seen as a fundamental part of west Africa’s cultural heritage, but their numbers have dwindled so fast that they risk soon being consigned to memory, conservation…
