Ivory Coast

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Soldiers Seize Ivory Coast's 2nd-Largest City, Reportedly Demanding Money, Houses

1:50pm January 06, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Bonuses of $8,000 and a house were reportedly the price named by soldiers said to have taken over police stations in Bouake. Witnesses also reported gunfire in two other cities, Daloa and Korhogo.

Salimata Sylla, a mother of three, visits Grand Bassam with her family to show she's not afraid of terrorists. On March 13, al-Qaida gunmen killed some 19 people at the beachfront town.

A Day At The Beach Is A Way Of Saying 'We're Not Afraid' Of Terrorists

6:59pm March 24, 2016

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

A mother in Ivory Coast defiantly brings her children to the resort town where al-Qaida terrorists killed 19 people on March 13. A new music video reinforces her stand.

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A man stands in front of a site in Istanbul where a suicide bomb blast last weekend ripped through a crowded pedestrian thoroughfare.

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In Wake Of Brussels Attack, A Look At Other Cities Recently Hit By Violence

3:26pm March 22, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

While the tragedy in Brussels is the focus of headlines around the world, there have been a number of other strikes in the past 10 days in places such as Nigeria and Yemen.

An Ivorian soldier stands guard on March 18, 2016 at the site of a jihadist shooting rampage at the beach resort of Grand Bassam.

Ivory Coast Struggles To Keep Economy Afloat After Terror Attack

6:28pm March 20, 2016

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Ivory Coast's business community is shaken after a deadly al-Qaida attack on a beach resort. The West African nation's economy had been on the rebound after a civil war.

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Employees load a body into a van after heavily-armed gunmen opened fire in the Ivory Coast resort town of Grand-Bassam, leaving bodies strewn on the beach, killing more than a dozen people. The assailants, who were "heavily armed and wearing balaclavas, f

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Gunmen Assault Tourist Hotels In Ivory Coast, Killing At Least 14

4:27pm March 13, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The attack on a beach resort popular with Westerners has been claimed by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, according to SITE. The six gunmen have been killed, Ivory Coast's president says.

Mumadou Traore says the Ivory Coast's French bureaucracy is a "blessing" when it comes to Ebola.

No Ebola, S'il Vous Plait, We're French: The Ivory Coast Mindset

2:44pm November 07, 2014

by Gregory Warner

The country borders Liberia and Guinea, but so far Ebola hasn't arrived. Maybe it's because of the French heritage. When the authorities tell people what to do to keep the virus out, they listen.

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Farmer Issiaka Ouedraogo lays cocoa beans out to dry on reed mats, on a farm outside the village of Fangolo, Ivory Coast.

Should You Stock Up On Chocolate Bars Because Of Ebola?

10:16am October 20, 2014

by Gregory Warner

The virus has already caused one spike in chocolate prices, because cocoa is grown in countries that border Ebola-stricken Liberia and Guinea. Prices went back down — for the moment.

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