Ivoirians are concerned by rising prices, with basic food products such as cooking oil, meat and rice having risen between 10 and 40%; the Consumer Confederation has called on the government for action against deteriorating purchasing power

Abidjan has given the go-ahead for the establishment of a US base in Odienné, north-west Ivory Coast, from where Sahelian jihadist groups can threaten the Gulf of Guinea countries

The first vaccines against malaria, a disease that kills four people a day in the country, mainly young children, were sent to the country; a total of 656.600 doses were received

Mobile enrolment centres have been launched to boost the health insurance programme and try to solve the problems of the universal health coverage programme