By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’Infodrome
Ivory Coast is preparing to deploy 812 soldiers from the Ivorian armed forces to Haiti to support local police in confronting armed gangs. The battalion has just completed training in Abidjan with support from the United Nations and the Francophonie, according to Linfodrome.
Ivory Coast's tourism and leisure minister met several hundred leisure venue operators on 5 November in Abidjan to strengthen safety measures before the end-of-year festive season. The meeting was held at the Hôtel des Armées in Plateau, according to Linfodrome.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: L’Infodrome ·
FIN’Elle, the African Guarantee Fund and HEC Paris signed an agreement in Abidjan on 5 November to launch the HEC Stand Up programme. The scheme will provide free training for 105 women entrepreneurs in managing and developing their businesses, according to Linfodrome.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: L’Infodrome ·
The armed forces of Ivory Coast, Gabon and France strengthened their ability to conduct joint operations during the Ivory Coast phase of the GEX 26 exercise, which ended on 12 November in Yamoussoukro. A new phase is due to take place in Gabon in about three weeks, according to AIP.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: AIP ·
A woman in labour and her newborn died at an unauthorised private health centre in Yopougon, Abidjan, according to the Health Police. Operator F.R.D. and his associate N.K.S. were brought before the prosecutor on 9 November after the facility was inspected, according to AfrikMag.
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Diabetes: Ivorian health professionals urged to screen earlyOn Friday 13 November 2026, the Ivorian Ministry of Health organised a scientific meeting at the National Institute of Public Health in Abidjan. On the eve of World Diabetes Day, Linfodrome reports a call to health professionals to carry out earlier screening.
Senegalese army conducts week-long exercise near Mali and Mauritania bordersThe Senegalese army conducted a nearly week-long nomadisation operation in military zone No. 4, along the borders with Mali and Mauritania, in Bakel and Goudiry (Tambacounda region). Troops distributed medicines and equipment in about ten localities before concluding the exercise on 10 November 2026 with parades, according to Seneweb.The week in Africa
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