COTE D'IVOIRE: UN warns toxic waste still a threat
Two years after an illegal toxic dumping operation in the Ivorian capital Abidjan created a widespread medical emergency and political scandal, UN...
COTE D'IVOIRE: Yellow fever epidemic feared as vaccinations start
The Ivorian Ministry of Health has confirmed 19 people have been infected with yellow fever since May, while the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
Ivory Coast: High prices drive people to counterfeit medicines
With a severe respiratory infection and a prescription for medicines that would cost 35,000 CFA francs (US$83) at official prices, Drissa Kone has a...
Ivory Coast: Heavy rain kills six
eavy rains in Abidjan have displaced 450 families and killed six people. “Itrained all day on Sunday. At one point, the water level started to...
Ivory Coast: Child sacrifice on rise in election run-up
Child abduction, which is already a serious problem in Cote d’Ivoire,may worsen in the run up to presidential elections later this year aspolitical...
COTE D'IVOIRE: Rate of malaria infection unchanged despite peace
The number of peopleinfected with and dying from malaria in Cote d’Ivoire has not improved over thelast five years, despite the end of the civil war...
COTE D'IVOIRE: Government curbs prices after second day of confrontations
Cote d’Ivoire’s government has announced emergency measures to cut prices of food and basic services following protests against the cost of living,...
COTE D'IVOIRE: Clean up campaign for hospitals
Hygiene in most hospitals in Cote d’Ivoire is so low that the ministry of health has launched a nationwide clean-up campaign. “We hope to eliminate...
COTE D'IVOIRE: Food price hikes spark riots
At least a dozen protestors were wounded during several hours of clashes with police on 31 March as they demanded government action to curb food...