By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Aip
Five members of the same family, a couple and their three children aged between three and seven, died in a fire in Oumé, Ivory Coast. The fire broke out during the night of 22 to 23 October 2026, in the Zinta district, reports the Ivorian Press Agency.
Five members of the same family, including three children aged between 3 and 7, died in a fire in Oumé, Ivory Coast. The fire broke out in the Zinta district on the night of 22 to 23 October 2026, and an investigation has been opened to determine its cause, according to 7info.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: 7info ·
ECOWAS handed over the keys to three refurbished classrooms at Koffi-Badoukro Public Primary School, in the Koun-Fao department of eastern Ivory Coast. The handover took place on 16 October 2026 to improve pupils’ learning conditions, the Ivorian Press Agency reports.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Aip ·
The Philosophy Department of Félix Houphouët-Boigny University devoted its formal opening of the academic year to the relevance of concepts inherited from ancient Greece. The meeting took place on 14 October 2026 in the university auditorium in Abidjan, the Ivorian Press Agency reports.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Aip ·
The Chinese hospital ship Ark of Good Fortune provided free medical consultations on 16 October at Félix Houphouët-Boigny University in Abidjan. The operation is part of Mission Harmony 2026, aimed at strengthening healthcare cooperation between China and Ivory Coast, reports the Ivorian Press Agency.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Aip ·
Abidjan Metro compensates 11,644 affected peopleThe Abidjan Metro Line 1 project has already compensated 11,644 of the 15,316 people affected, with 74 billion CFA francs mobilised. The state plans to provide an additional 10 billion and still has 2,812 cases to process, according to Cissé Moustapha, the project’s authorising officer, quoted by AIP.
Nigeria's Ebola patient likely infected in Uganda, Switzerland saysThe Ebola patient in Nigeria, the Ugandan wife of a Swiss diplomat, is believed to have contracted the virus during a stay in Uganda about two weeks earlier. The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs told Reuters that she had been receiving treatment at a private clinic in Abuja for nearly a week, while her husband has been isolated without symptoms.The week in Africa
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