U.S. partially suspends Niger aid after coup as ECOWAS deadline looms
Mosque security guards stand ready during a special prayer session in Niamey, Niger, on Friday following last week's miliary coup overthrowing Niger President Mohamed Bazoum.…
Singapore says unidentified people boarded tanker off Ivory Coast | transport News
There was a 20-member crew on the tanker, which has been operating in the West African zone for the past 60 days. A Singapore-registered oil…
In Ivory Coast, people with leprosy fight social exclusion | Health
“A week before my mother died, her house was broken into and burned down,” said Mathieu Okoma Agoa, from a village in Ivory Coast. “After…
Ivory Coast troops return home after months of captivity in Mali | Politics News
Soldiers’ return signals the apparent resolution of a bitter diplomatic standoff between Mali and the Ivory Coast. Forty-six Ivorian soldiers accused by Mali of being…
Mali’s military leader Goita pardons 49 Ivory Coast soldiers | United Nations News
The mass pardoning comes one week after Mali sentenced 46 of the jailed Ivorian soldiers to 20 years in prison. Mali’s military leader has pardoned…
Mali sentences 46 Ivory Coast soldiers to 20 years in prison | News
A court in the West African country has jailed the soldiers for conspiring against the government. A court in Mali has sentenced 46 soldiers from…
Ivory Coast hands down 11 life sentences in 2016 resort attack | Courts News
Eleven people have been sentenced to life in prison in Ivory Coast after being convicted of abetting an attack that killed 19 people and injured…
The good, bad, and the ugly: West Africa’s big issues in 2022 | Business and Economy News
Lagos, Nigeria – This year has been a generally turbulent one for West Africa – with a few bright spots. Just as the region was…
Ivory Coast battles chocolate companies to improve farmers’ lives | Agriculture
Soubre, Ivory Coast – On a small cocoa plantation in the southwest of Ivory Coast, a group of men hack away at the yellow and…