Ivory Coast, Africa

Sylvie Kouamé*, 17, told IRIN she had sex for money with a man she met on line in her home country Côte d’Ivoire. She needed a few dollars for school...

Ivory Coast has sent hundreds of soldiers to bolster security in its cocoa-growing west, but farmers caught up in simmering land disputes say that...

DAKAR Tuesday, September 02, 2008 (IRIN) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched a nutritional feeding programme at the...

DAKAR Monday, September 29, 2008 (IRIN) - People who flee to cities because of conflicts or natural disasters tend to become invisible to the...

ABIDJAN Wednesday, October 01, 2008 (IRIN) - As presidential elections approach at year-end after repeated delays, analysts worry slow progress on...

DAKAR Friday, November 28, 2008 (IRIN) - Some 70 long-displaced farmers - mostly immigrants - returned this week to a cocoa plantation in western...

ABIDJAN Wednesday, October 01, 2008 (IRIN) - A trial is under way in Abidjan of local officials accused of conniving in the dumping of toxic oil...

DAKAR Thursday, October 02, 2008 (IRIN) - Ivorian government lawyers have said they may pursue criminal investigations against the Netherlands-based...

DAKAR Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (IRIN) - Rapes of women and girls are common in western Côte d’Ivoire and generally go unpunished, said residents of...

DAKAR Friday, October 24, 2008 (IRIN) - In Côte d’Ivoire government health officials and aid agencies are launching emergency feeding and special...