Alassane Ouattara

A line of young school children are shown wearing face masks and wearing backpacks and jackets.

At UN, Africa urges fiscal help against virus ‘apocalypse’

COVID-19

African nations at the UN General Assembly are calling for dramatic fiscal measures to help economies survive the coronavirus pandemic — which one leader called the “fifth horseman of the apocalypse.”

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Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo Won’t Cede Power, Mediators Step In

Global Politics
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Liberians Strained in Helping Ivorian Refugees

Global Politics
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Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo detained

Conflict & Justice

President Gbagbo’s Game of Chicken

Ivorians trapped by two wars

Conflict & Justice

The fighting in Libya and Ivory Coast has forced many people to leave. About 80 Ivorians are trapped on the Tunisian border, stranded between the country they are fleeing and their homeland also engulfed in armed conflict. Reporter Marine Olivesi reports.

Battle for Abidjan

Conflict & Justice

Rival forces are poised for a showdown in Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan. The BBC’s John James is in the northern city of Bouake.

Ivory Coasts See Continued Fighting

Global Politics

J. Peter Pham, director of the Ansari Africa Center at the Atlantic Council explains why the fighting may be coming to a close and what the future will look like for Alassane Ouattara.

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Liberians shelter Ivory Coast refugees

Global Politics

Correspondent Jess Engebretson reports from Liberia, where thousands of people from Ivory Coast have sought refuge from political violence.

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Ivory Coast president refuses to step down

Global Politics

Pressure is mounting on the president of Ivory Coast after last month’s election. Laurent Gbagbo clearly lost and the UN demands he step down. There has been violence. The BBC’s John James is in Abidjan, the main city in Ivory Coast.