Abidjan detention cell Stories

Burkina Faso activist Alino Faso’s body returned home after death in Abidjan detention cell
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 18, 2025

Hundreds of men and women, dressed in white, marched from the Thomas Sankara Memorial to the Ivorian embassy, carrying placards and chanting demands f...

Mauritania’s Sidi Ould Tah elected AfDB president, succeeding Akinwumi Adesina after close vote
Mwangi Maina  |  May 29, 2025

Tah, who officially begins his five-year term on September 1, 2025, brings over 35 years of financial and development experience, most recently leadin...

First-ever envoy nominee to Abidjan vetted as Kenya courts West Africa
Amina Wako  |  Apr 05, 2024

Kenya currently has no diplomatic footprint in Abidjan but Nairobi has revived efforts to court the West Africa bloc, the largest at the African Union...

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