Ivory Coast’s success is not unqualified. Entrepreneurs grouse about a lack of skills among the young, not surprising since civil war destroyed most schools. Given the impact of climate change, ...

The Miss Ivory Coast pageant has banned contestants from wearing wigs and weaves in its preliminary stages, instead embracing ...

"I'm a wigs fan. I love wigs," said contestant and make-up artist Astrid Menekou. The 24-year-old told the BBC she was ...

With barely seven months until the Presidential election in Ivory Coast, Catholic bishops in the West African country have warned politicians against instigating the life-loving people to “cultivate a ...

This year, the Miss Ivory Coast national beauty pageant announced a new rule: Contestants are no longer allowed to wear wigs during the competition. Instead, the winner will need to have a natural ...

Ivory Coast, the world's biggest cocoa producer, could take measures to make the product more expensive if tariffs proposed ...

In 2024, the U.S. Africa Command provided over $65 million to projects in Ivory Coast, most of which "focused on counterterrorism and border security" in the northern part of the country ...

Marlène-Kany Kouassi is one of only two winners of Miss Ivory Coast over the last ... It shows how deeply engrained wig culture is in West Africa, despite a natural hair movement that has been ...