Ivory Coast (West Africa, Africa)

Ivory Coast (West Africa, Africa)

FILE PHOTO: Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara arrives to attend the opening session of the 19th Summit of the Francophonie at the Grand Palais in Paris, France October 5, 2024.
Ivory Coast
French Forces to Leave Ivory Coast, Says President Ouattara
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Tuesday that French forces would withdraw from the West African nation, continuing the former colonial power's military exit from the region.
FILE PHOTO: Vendors walk with their goods on the a street in Colombie, a slum of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, October 8, 2024.
Ivory Coast
$500 million green fund to boost sustainable growth in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast will create a $500 million green finance fund to support sustainable growth initiatives, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a statement.
Rescue workers carry bodies in the rubble of a collapsed building under construction in Abidjan, Ivory Coast July 1, 2023.
Ivory Coast
Devastating building collapse in Ivory Coast claims 7 lives
A six-storey building collapsed while under construction in Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan on Friday, killing at least seven of the builders on site.
FILE PHOTO: Quin Karala, 29, a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTQ) community and a single mother of one poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda April 4, 2023.
Uganda
An in-depth look at restrictions on LGBTQ rights in Africa
Uganda has enacted one of the world's strictest anti-LGBTQ laws in a continent where only 22 of 54 nations allow homosexuality.
Edouard Kouame Kouadio, a farmer opens a cocoa pod at his cocoa farm in Gabeadji village, San Pedro, Ivory Coast January 31, 2023.
Africa
In Africa's fields, a plan to pay fair wages for chocolate withers
Farmers like Edouard Kouame Kouadio face extreme poverty despite the rising demand for cocoa beans.
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