The Latest Breaking News from Ivory Coast

May ICE NY cocoa (CCK23 ) on Thursday closed down -6 (-0.21%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK23 ) closed down -26 (-1.21%). Cocoa prices Thursday gave up early gains and settled moderately lower. NY cocoa fell back from a 2-1/4 year nearest-futures high after the dollar index (DXY00...

Amad has registered eight goals and three assists for Sunderland since joining on loan from Man United last summer.

Sub-Saharan migrants living in Tunisia have been the target of a surge in racist attacks, following a February 21 speech by President Kais Said denouncing what he called "hordes of illegal immigrants". Since then, many migrants have been urgently trying to return to their countries of origin. The Ivory Coast…

Moustapha Sylla died on his way to hospital aged just 21, having suffered a cardiac arrest during a match between his club, Racing Club d'Abidjan, and SOL FC in the Ivory Coast top flight

Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha has once again emerged as a transfer target for Arsenal, with the Ivory Coast international expected to leave the Eagles as a free agent

Around 300 nationals of Ivory Coast and Mali were to be flown home from Tunisia on Saturday, fearful of a wave of violence against sub-Saharan migrants since President Kais Saied delivered a controversial tirade against them last month. In his February 21 speech, Saied ordered officials to take "urgent measures"…

France's defence minister pledged on Monday to boost military support to Ivory Coast, as Paris adjusts its strategy in West Africa after neighbouring Burkina Faso ordered French troops to leave and vowed to curb a worsening Islamist insurgency solo.

The recent introduction of new denominations of naira in Nigeria causes a chaotic rush to get the old notes out of circulation by the end of January. Also, Ivory Coast has raised its minimum wage as the country faces a cost-of-living crisis. And Cape Town tourists are warned not to…

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been honored for her efforts to allow more than 1.2 million migrants between 2015-2016

In tonight's edition: Human rights investigators accuse M23 rebels operating in eastern DR Congo of terrorising communities with summary executions. Also, the UN slams Mali's expulsion of the MINUSMA mission's human rights chief in the country. Finally, even though female genital mutilation has been banned in Ivory Coast since 1998,…

A video posted in early January 2023 showed the leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner with a mercenary who was described as Ivorian. By analysing posts shared on social networks and talking to people who knew him at different times in his life, the FRANCE 24 Observers team managed…