Ivory Coast

The Ivorian government spokesman announced the construction of a biomass thermal power plant in Ayébo with an installed capacity of 2×23 Megawatts

The country is providing cocoa farmers with electronic cards to track the beans and ensure a fair price

Among 148 cultural works asked to France is the Djidji Ayôkwé, a priceless 'talking drum', confiscated in 1916 and currently kept at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, ready to return to the country

International Association of Paremiologists undertook an international symposium at the Félix Houphouët Boigny University in Cocody-Abidjan to promote proverbs studies in the university environment

The first edition of the competition to decree the country's most beautiful beaches has begun; the project puts the seven Ivorian coastal communities in competition for the promotion of beaches and inland tourism

The third edition of the conference on investment in tourism and hotels in Africa will be held on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 January, in Abidjan, with the theme "Africa Deserves Beauty"

It kicked off in Abidjan Football for Schools, an ambitious programme run by FIFA that combines sport and education; it is the first country in West Africa and the fifth on the continent to join the programme that seeks to make football more accessible

The first edition of the 'Festival of the Regions' to be held in Côte d'Ivoire next April with the aim of valorising and communicating the country's cultural diversity was announced and presented

A very small goal, no goalkeeper and a pitch the size of a handball court: in Ivory Coast there are people who dream of seeing the popular maracana, a kind of six-a-side football born on campuses some 50 years ago, become an Olympic sport

The Côte d'Ivoire Red Cross launched the 'second chance' education and health project at the Bouna youth centre to help reduce illiteracy and poverty rates among women