Ivorian farmer Affoua Mea decided one day she'd had enough. That's why I decided to start my own plantation." ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) – An Ivory Coast official says nine women have been sentenced to two years in prison each for involvement in female genital mutilation, marking the first time such a case ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Having found fame in international art circles for her natural hair sculptures championing African culture, Black beauty and women ...

Ivory Coast artist Laetitia Ky works with an unusual medium – her hair. By incorporating hair extensions with her natural locs, she sculpts stunning images inspired by everything around her, including ...

2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations is approaching fast. Côte d'Ivoire's national team, who secured their spot at the last minute, has kicked off preparations for a successful campaign. Since February ...

Indie U.S. distributor Film Movement has acquired North American rights to French-Tunisian director Erige Sehiri’s migrant drama “Promised Sky” which looks at the lives of three undocumented Ivorian ...

The Ivorian U-17 women's national team tied their opening match 1-1 with the Korean U-17 women's national team, earning a point. The Colombian national team failed to achieve anything positive, losing ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Women have long played a dominant role in agriculture in Ivory Coast and in the sprawling markets where most Ivorians purchase their daily necessities. Now though some are now ...

In a poor farming village in Ivory Coast, women are celebrating a new development that is allowing them to send their children to school instead of working in the country's cocoa plantations. Until ...

AS many African women spend much of their spare time in hair salons, Ivory Coast’s chief librarian, also a woman, came up with a brainwave scheme to help them read and learn to read. Crammed on ...

Ivorian women who are beaten or intimidated by their partners are gaining independence and self-esteem in the country's only refuge to offer integrated support for domestic abuse victims. The Barron's ...

Having found fame in international art circles for her natural hair sculptures championing African culture, Black beauty and women’s rights, Laetitia Ky has now set her sights on building a cinema ...