Cote D Ivoire
latest news & developmentsCôte d’Ivoire is more than a stopover. It’s a story you travel through
A seven-day journey across Côte d’Ivoire reveals cocoa towns, coastal escapes, living history and cultural traditions carried carefully across generations
Beating rampant cybercrime in Africa
Most cyberattacks succeed because they exploit human behaviour rather than technical weaknesses. Consumers are the frontline of defence against cybercrime
Portuguese carbon deal ‘locks’ Malawian forests for decades
A sweeping agreement to market carbon credits from 14 forest reserves could generate more than $1.5 billion but critics warn the legal framework remains unfinished
Angst about Trump’s Greenland threat
When coercion is directed outward from the West toward the Global South it is normalised, bureaucratised and framed as responsible governance
Africa 2026: polls sans choice, jobs
In addition, some of the continent’s wars show little sign of resolution
Ouattara poised to win Cote d’Ivoire’s October presidential elections
This is despite protests by opposition parties
Climate crisis: Huge blow to cocoa producers
Chocolate prices set to soar as climate change affects Nestlé’s production
Easter chocs may leave bitter taste
Chocolate products have become more expensive on the back of soaring cocoa prices, but there is not likely to be a shortage
Total football, total sportswashing
The beautiful game arrives at the perfect time to scrub the mud off Afcon’s lead sponsor
Ivorian cuisine with much ooh la la
Restaurants in Côte d’Ivoire are increasingly mixing French finesse with local flavour
Africa’s chief executives focus on Francophone markets
Leaders at some African firms are looking at Francophone markets as a way to expand sales hit by Covid-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
How an African artist turns electronic waste to works of art
Mounou Désiré Koffi is bringing attention to the world’s e-waste menace by using dead cell phone keyboards in his art.
Democracy delayed in Mali spurs sanctions from neighbours
Mali’s junta now finds itself ostracised by its regional peers – and at the centre of a dangerous new geopolitical game.
COP26: Momentum gathers to end new coal builds
South Africa, the continent’s largest emitter, is not among several African countries that joined the UK-led coalition committing to phase out the fossil fuel
Africa in brief: August 21 – 28
What’s been happening on the continent this week?