Abidjan, Ivory Coast

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched an emergency nutrition programme in the main prison of the capital Abidjan in a bid...

Two years after an illegal toxic dumping operation in the Ivorian capital Abidjan created a widespread medical emergency and political scandal, UN...

The Ivorian Ministry of Health has confirmed 19 people have been infected with yellow fever since May, while the World Health Organisation (WHO)...

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...

eavy rains in Abidjan have displaced 450 families and killed six people. “It rained all day on Sunday. At one point, the water level started to...

Child abduction, which is already a serious problem in Cote d’Ivoire, may worsen in the run up to presidential elections later this year as...

The number of people infected with and dying from malaria in Cote d’Ivoire has not improved over the last five years, despite the end of the civil...

Cote d’Ivoire’s government has announced emergency measures to cut prices of food and basic services following protests against the cost of living,...

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...

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...