A new era of immunisation began this week with the agreement of the Abidjan Declaration – a commitment to self-sufficiency and vaccine sovereignty that sits at the heart of the Gavi model. In a ...

Built on the site of a long-standing landfill area, Abidjan's soon-to-be-opened Akouedo Park is one of the world's latest efforts to turn harmful wasteland into community spaces. Beneath the fresh ...

They say anything can grow in Côte d’Ivoire – including big ideas. But some fear political uncertainty will stifle its development. “Cocoa is a jewel,” says Ivorian chocolatier Axel Emmanuel Gbaou, ...

First, the city was frozen in fear. Then came a day of fierce and hot battle, with a scorching chaos. Now, Abidjan, afloat on watery lagoons, is parched, its citizenry athirst yet fearful of stepping ...