Gbagbo who ruled Ivory Coast from 2000 until he was forced from power in 2011 had ran to the continental court to challenge ...

There’s more to Africa than safari and deserts. While cities like Marrakech, Accra and Johannesburg continue to bring in hundreds of thousands of international travelers every year, other urban ...

Waxing down his board at the beach where he grew up, Souleymane Sidibe is determined to show the judges in Ivory Coast’s first surfing competition that he’s a future champion.

Fast-forward 25 years and women carrying individually wrapped portions of the fermented cassava couscous still walk across Abidjan, Ivory Coast's biggest city, selling this now Unesco-recognised dish.

Abidjan (AFP) – Far from the hustle and bustle of Ivory Coast's biggest city, the tropical climes, sea air and history of Grand-Bassam have made the sleepy UNESCO-listed town a magnet for artists.

Players and officials of the national Beach Soccer team, Black Sharks, were refused access to a suitable training pitch for their first session in Abidjan.

After its civil war ended in 2011, Ivory Coast has now spent at least $1 billion on hosting the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Workers build a dike to protect the front of the Assoyam Beach Hotel after a sudden rise in water level, which damaged several hotels and houses in the coastal towns east of Abidjan in August, in ...

ASSINIE, Ivory Coast - On a shrinking strip of beach in southeast Ivory Coast, hotel owner Habib Hassan Nassar has to stack thousands of sandbags each week to protect his property from the rising ...

The Ivorian beach resort of Grand-Bassam, some 40 kilometres from Abidjan, has become the symbol of a tragedy – that of the first major terrorist attack in Ivory Coast. On March 13, ...

The families of the victims were awarded varying compensation of up to $81,000. Grand-Bassam is linked by highway to Abidjan, Ivory Coast ’s largest city, and is a popular weekend destination.

Grand-Bassam is linked by highway to Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s largest city, and is a popular weekend destination. When gunfire broke out on the beach that Sunday afternoon in March 2016, many ...