On one of the main highways in Treichville, a bustling district in the Ivory Coast’s economic capital Abidjan, people weave in and out of traffic trying to sell you everything you can possibly imagine ...

The gleaming white basilica that overlooks Yamoussoukro symbolises the ambitions of a modern capital of Ivory Coast, a goal that still feels out of reach 40 years since being carved out of the ...

In the Ivory Coast capital of Abidjan, some residents recently woke to find their neighborhoods inundated with hundreds of tons of toxic sludge. Tony Cox talks with New York Times Africa correspondent ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Fighters supporting Ivory Coast’s internationally recognized leader reached the capital Wednesday after seizing a dozen towns this week alone in a bid to install him in office ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A spokesman for Ivory Coast's leader clinging to power called for a cease-fire as rebel forces backing the internationally recognized winner of the disputed election ...

Senegal’s supporters banged their drums with such ferocious intensity that it felt like they were rallying troops — maybe that was their intention. Scattered around the Charles Konan Banny Stadium in ...

Beginning a recent visit to the Ivory Coast, Congo President Joseph Mobutu raised his hosts’ eyebrows by shrugging that he would not believe in President Houphouët-Boigny’s “economic miracle” until he ...

Ivory Coast win the Africa Cup of Nations after coming from behind to defeat Nigeria in the final at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium. The hosts started as the better, more aggressive team, creating ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Fighters supporting Ivory Coast's internationally recognized leader seized control of the country's administrative capital on Wednesday, marking a symbolic victory after ...