In the Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, unsold cocoa beans are piling up in warehouses as global prices slump. Cocoa prices have fallen nearly 70 percent since last year and are down more than 50 percent from record highs in late 2024, driven by improved harvest forecasts and weaker demand.


Cocoa Crisis Deepens in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast delivered a commanding 3-0 victory over Burkina Faso in the AFCON Round of 16, with clinical finishing and solid defense propelling the hosts into the quarterfinals amid roaring home support and showcasing their title credentials through superior attacking play.


Ivory Coast Crushes Burkina Faso 3-0, Reaches AFCON Quarters 

Ivory Coast's president Alassane Ouattara has won a fourth term, securing a crushing 89.77 percent in a vote in which his two greatest rivals were barred from.

Ouattara Wins Landslide Fourth Term as Ivory Coast President

Ivory Coast's longtime president Alassane Ouattara cast his vote on Saturday (October 25), claiming credit for nearly 15 years of economic growth and relative stability while hinting it will be his final campaign.

The election in the world's biggest cocoa producer pits Ouattara against two former government ministers as well as the ex-wife and former spokesperson for his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo. Ouattara is the only candidate with the backing of a strong political party, making him the clear favourite

Ivory Coast's Longtime President Ouattara Votes to Extend Rule

Ivory Coast’s PDCI-RDA and Gbagbo’s PPACI rally after exclusion from election, fuelling unrest fears as Ouattara seeks fourth term. Watch to know more updates!


Ivory coast opposition protests grow after thiam, Gbagbo barred from election

President Alassane Ouattara says the Ivorian government had decided to expel French troops because the Ivorian army is “now effective”. Why is there a sudden urge to cut military ties with France, especially from its former colonies?

Ivory Coast Becomes 6th African Country To Expel French Troops | World Of Africa

Ivory Coast set a new record for the lowest total ever recorded in a T20 international when they were bowled out for just seven by Nigeria in Lagos on Sunday. It was three runs fewer than the previous record of 10, set by the Isle of Man when they lost to Spain in 2023 and equalled by Mongolia against Singapore in September.

7 all-out! Ivory Coast succumb to lowest total in men's T20I history

Ex-Ivory Coast international defender Sol Bamba, who overcame cancer to resume his playing career, has died at the age of 39, his former clubs announced on Saturday.

Former Ivory Coast defender Sol Bamba dies at 39, confirms Leeds United

An Ivory Coast footballer has alleged that he was subjected to racial slurs and a mob attack at a football ground in the Malappuram district of the southern Indian state of Kerala.

African footballer allegedly racially abused and beaten by mob in India - Video

The name Yamoussoukro, Ivory coast’s capital is synonymous with a mysterious crocodile ritual which was started by the country’s first president Felix Boigny, who ruled for 33 years. The huge crocodiles which some locals have described as “Yamoussoukro’s sacred crocodiles” were treasured by the president that he named them as part of his security detail. In fact, all his development in his home village where the crocodiles are located is surrounded by this tropical lake, Yamoussoukro crocodile lake, which is home to the reptiles.

Ivory Coast's 'THERAPEUTIC' crocs pull in the crowds

Hosts Ivory Coast stunned Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations on Monday, knocking out the reigning champions on penalties in the last 16 to keep their hopes of winning the title on home soil alive.

AFCON: Ivory Coast stun AFCON holders Senegal, Cape Verde into quarter-finals

Farmers in Ivory coast have found a new promising business - breeding giant snails in order to avoid them from going extinct because of deforestation or pesticides. The same action is happening in South Africa where farmers of a prized South African sea snail called abalone are fighting to protect the species from poaching

Giant snails: Tasty in the West, hunted in the South

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara removed his prime minister and dissolved his cabinet on Friday (Oct 6), said the presidency’s secretary general Aboudramane Cisse, according to Reuters.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara removes PM, dissolves government

A hundred kilometres east of Abidjan, the capital of ivory coast, the lagoon that winds between the villages of the commune of Assinee, isolates the residents, cutting them off from access to emergency care. The solution? An ambulance boat.

Ivory coast's ambulance boat

Ivory coast is engulfed in a long-drawn political crisis, in the backdrop of the regions fight for free speech and freedom of assembly.

Ivory coast political upheaval: A fight for free speech

With local and regional elections eight months away and a Presidential poll due in 2025, the Ivorian President - Alassane Ouattara - is determined to bolster his majority. He has launched a massive campaign to drum up support, but he also did something that was unprecedented and unique - reconciling with his predecessors. Here's a report from Abidjan.

Ivory coast readies for 2025 | Ouattara marshals predecessors | World of Africa

Moustapha Sylla, an Ivory Coast footballer, has died after collapsing during a game on Sunday. Sylla was rushed to the hospital by paramedics after collapsing at the Stade Robert Champroux during the match and was pronounced dead at the hospital.

SHOCKING: 21-year-old Ivory Coast football player Moustapha Sylla collapses, dies during match - Watch

Ivory coast recently conducted a festival celebrating the culture of Wés, a people of West Africa known for wearing traditional masks. Boyé gôh, the name of the event, is hoped to boost tourism in the region. Here's a report from Guiglo.

World of Africa: Ivorian 'Boye Goh' festival

A different sort of football from ivory coast, it's called Maracana. The name's inspiration comes straight from Brazil where, in 1973, 20 Ivorian students were given the chance to spend a month's football pilgrimage by their then-president. Football was already played on small pitches throughout ivory coast, but the Maracana version codifies the rules "With an Ivorian flavour".

World of Africa: Six-a-side football in ivory coast gains popularity

The Ivory coast known for its beach, resorts, rainforests and a French colonial legacy the vast Ebrie lagoon. It is famously known as pearl of lagoons. Well, what was once a jewel of West Africa is now visibly sick and sorry sight.

WION Climate Tracker: Lagoon in Ivory Coast is choked by plastic pollution

A member of the Ivorian parliament has introduced a bill to legalise polygamy, saying that the practice remains rampant in the West African nation. Molly Gambhir tells you more.

WION Fineprint | Debate over Ivory Coast's bill to legalise polygamy

What looks like a patchwork is actually made of mobile phones. This artist in Ivory Coast is making artwork out of mobile phone covers.

Watch: Old mobile phones converted into artwork by Ivory Coast artist

Banco park is the world's second-largest urban park in the world. In a strategy to safeguard endangered park, the Ivory Coast is building a wall to protect the park.

Ivory coast builds wall to protect park: Strategy to safeguard the endangered park

Stitching together discarded mobile phone keyboards to make art, Ivorian artist Mounou Desire Koffi hopes to raise awareness about pollution. "I wanted to contribute something new," said the artist, whose work is on display in Abidjan until July.

Ivory Coast artist recasts old mobile phones into art

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