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Disgruntled soldiers in Ivory Coast mutiny over bonuses demands. (AFP)

Ivory Coast Soldiers Revolt over Bonuses despite Apology to President

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 12, 2017 | World

Protests by some disgruntled Ivory Coast soldiers broke out in the commercial capital Abidjan on Friday hours after they began in the country’s second largest city over a demand for bonuses. Gunfire had erupted in several locations in the Ivory Coast as anger spread...

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A police cordon is seen while Ivorian police prepare to inspect the area of the hotel Etoile du Sud following an attack by gunmen from al Qaeda’s North African branch, in Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast, March 14, 2016. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

Al Qaeda Says Ivory Coast Attack Was Revenge against France

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 15, 2016 | World

Al Qaeda’s North African branch said its attack on a beach resort in Ivory Coast on Sunday that left people dead was in retaliation for a France’s offensive against militants in the Sahel region and called for its forces to withdraw. French Foreign...

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A health worker checks the temperature of a baby entering Mali from Guinea at the border in Kouremale, on October 2, 2014. (Reuters/Joe Penney)

Mali’s first Ebola case, a 2-year-old girl, dies: officials

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 25, 2014 | World

Bamako, Reuters—A two-year-old girl who was Mali’s first case of Ebola died on Friday, shortly after the World Health Organization warned that many people had potentially been exposed to the virus because she was taken across the country while ill. The girl had...