Ivory Coast

To contrast widespread misinformation and low acceptance of the vaccine, a nationwide awareness campaign was launched, with mobile clinics and the support of influencers and religious or community leaders, with exemplary results for the area

Successful television presenter Yves de Mbella was given a 12-month suspended prison sentence for advocating rape and insulting morals after he received as a guest a repentant former rapist

The first Ebola patient in the country in 25 years has recovered; however, the hunt for contacts continues to block possible transmission from the woman

Former president Laurent Gbagbo, founder of the Front Populaire Ivoirien, now plagued by strong divisions, has proposed the creation of a new political party and the announcement has generated much attention

The Sudanese-style mosques in the north of the country have been added to the Unesco World Heritage list, 8 small mosques characterised by protruding beams, vertical buttresses crowned with ceramics or ostrich eggs, and tapered minarets

With funding from the IFC and the WB programme, medical clinics will be helped to acquire equipment, supporting the country's growth into a regional medical center

Ivoirian chemical engineer Noël N'guessan has won the 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for an invention that enables small-scale farmers in West Africa to efficiently manage and generate income from organic waste

The International Finance Corporation and the African Development Bank's Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa will work together to increase the skills, incomes and access to finance of thousands of smallholder women farmers

Football player Didier Drogba received an honorary degree from the University of Sciences and Technology of Africa network for charitable work in the country

Great effort is put into saving architectural treasures of Grand-Bassam, reknown for its French colonial style, damaged by recent flooding