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Lethal infection vaccine 'runs out' for UK travellers as Foreign Office issues alert
Holidaymakers have been issued a warning as a crucial vaccine will be 'unavailable' for the next 2-3 weeks. Sanofi has informed NaTHNaC of an impending disruption in the supply of the yellow fever vaccine Stamaril in the UK. The vaccine is...

Cote d'Ivoire and Guinea begin field work for final border demarcation
Cote d’Ivoire and Guinea have launched a field data collection operation as part of efforts to finalize the delimitation of their 610-kilometer shared border, said Diakalidia Konate, executive secretary of Cote d’Ivoire’s National Borders...

Travel the world without a needing visa at Nuits D’Afrique, July 8 to 20
It’s been 39 years since the first edition of the Festival International Nuits d’Afrique set up stakes in our fair city thanks to the efforts of founder Lamine Touré. The former dancer and choreographer with Guinea’s Ballet National — and since...
West African Leaders Urged to Simplify Regional Travel
Ghana Tourism Authority CEO Marilyn Maame Efua Houadjeto has called for urgent harmonization of visa regimes across West Africa to boost cross-border tourism. Speaking at the 8th Accra Weizo travel expo on June 29, 2025, Houadjeto urged...
Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea begin field work for final border demarcation
ABIDJAN, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire and Guinea have launched a field data collection operation as part of efforts to finalize the delimitation of their 610-kilometer shared border, said Diakalidia Konate, executive secretary of Cote...

Angola and Ivory Coast sign agreement to resume regular flights
The agreement – which was signed by the Minister of Transport, Ricardo de Abreu, and the Minister of Trade of Ivory Coast, Souleymane Diarrassouba – marks a "new impetus in bilateral relations and aims to establish the legal basis for the...

Flying Eagles reopen camp for CAF Boys’ Cup
Nigeria’s U-20 male team, the Flying Eagles have converged again on Abuja, the country’s capital for their final phase of preparations for the CAF WAFU B U-20 Boys’ Cup which will be played in Ghana from July 10 to 23, PUNCH Sports Extra reports....
Goldstar Air Celebrates Ghana’s National Day Of Prayer And Thanksgiving
Ghanaian and United States registered company Goldstar Air, a private international airline with an issued Air Carrier Licence (ACL/N-SCH No. 0239) from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to operate passenger and cargo flights across West...

Ivory Coast’s ruling party backs Ouattara for 2025 presidency
Ivory Coast leader Alassane Ouattara’s party on Saturday tapped him to run for president again, two days after the country’s two main opposition parties joined forces to fight his possible candidacy. Ouattara himself has not yet confirmed whether...

Abidjan’s SICA Positions as a Lynchpin Event for African Film, TV
A bourgeoning film-TV market, the International Salon for Audiovisual Content (SICA), is set to return June 26-28 for its third edition in Abidjan, positioning itself as a lynchpin for Africa’s film and television industry. This year’s edition,...

Ouattara: At 84, Ivory Coast President gets backing to contest again
Ivory Coast leader Alassane Ouattara’s party on Saturday tapped him to run for president again, two days after the country’s two main opposition parties joined forces to fight his possible candidacy. Ouattara himself has not yet confirmed whether...

West African governments must push for harmonised visa regimes, cross border connectivity – GTA
Marilyn Maame Efua Houadjeto – CEO – GTA Mrs Marilyn Maame Efua Houadjeto, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), says West African governments must push for more harmonized visa regimes, improved cross-border...

Frimpong Manso joins FIFA TDS programme in Abidjan
The National U17 male team’s Head Coach, Stephen Frimpong Manso, is leading Ghana’s three-man technical delegation at the ongoing FIFA Youth National Team Coaches Exchange Programme in Côte d’Ivoire. Coach Frimpong Manso, Assistant U-17 Coach,...

Man Travelling from Sierra Leone Caught With $1.36 Million Worth of Cocaine in His Stomach
Indian authorities have arrested an Ivory Coast national who was caught smuggling 1.13 kilograms of cocaine into the country after arriving from Sierra Leone. The arrest took place at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai...

Designer Sarah Diouf On Launching Her Beyoncé-Approved African Luxury Label Tongoro
To put it plainly, Sarah Diouf is an image architect. The designer with a degree in visual communication spent the better part of her early twenties spearheading a magazine. She tells me over a call that this portion of her life fueled her...

Ghana, Ivory Coast cocoa supply shortage makes chocolate prices soar in UK
Chocolate prices in the UK rose at the fastest pace on record in May as the overall cost of food continued to climb, official figures suggest. The main rate of inflation remained at 3.4% in the year to May, the highest for more than a year....

Alex Berger, Larry Kasanoff, Shuzo John Shiota Set to Talk at Abidjan’s SICA as It Debates African AI, Shooting in Abidjan, Building a Globalized Market
Alex Berger, producer of “The Bureau” and “La Maison,” Larry Kasanoff, behind the “Mortal Kombat” franchise, and Shuzo John Shiota, producer of “Transformers: Prime” will join a swathe of African and European voices set to debate the future of...

Cutting new cloth: African designers stitch fresh stories in...
When Valérie Ka started modelling at 14 in Côte d'Ivoire, she thought she was on top of the world. But she wanted to go further, so she created Africa Fashion Up – a way to help African designers reach the global stage. As a child, Ka dreamed of...

Travelling soon? Don't forget to check if you need an e-visa
The New Zealand passport remains one of the most powerful in the world, but the number of countries now requiring Kiwis to have an electronic visa before travelling is increasing. According to the Henley Passport Index, New Zealand had visa-free...

Could Anything Be More Bigoted Than Trump’s Travel Bans?
In her early nineties, my mother had emergency surgery to remove her gallbladder, which had somehow managed to flip over and begun to rot. The physician who performed the surgery—from which she recovered completely—was an Iranian immigrant. I was...