A mother and her child in the Haji camp for internally displaced people in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

News in Brief 17 August 2021

17 August 2021

News in Brief

UN agencies urge Taliban to make good on promises to protect vulnerable
Côte d’Ivoire begins Ebola vaccinations of high-risk populations
UN migration agency urges support for aid response in Mozambique

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Cote d’Ivoire has launched an Ebola vaccination campaign for its frontline workers.

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Côte d’Ivoire: Ebola vaccination of high-risk populations begins three days after outbreak declared

17 August 2021

Health

The vaccination against Ebola of high-risk populations began on Monday in Côte d’Ivoire following the discovery of an outbreak in the country three days ago. The swift response came after vaccines manufactured by Merck, which the World Health Organization (WHO) helped to secure to fight a four-month long outbreak in neighbouring Guinea, were quickly sent to the country.

Cote d’Ivoire declares its first Ebola outbreak in more than 25 years.

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Côte d’Ivoire confirms first Ebola case in 25 years

16 August 2021

Health

A case of Ebola virus has been confirmed in Côte d’Ivoire for the first time since 1994, the country’s Ministry of Health has confirmed. The World Health Organization (WHO) is coordinating the delivery of vaccines to the country.

A man in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, receives a COVID-19 vaccination as part of the rollout of COVAX in Africa.

Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire begin history-making COVAX vaccination drives

1 March 2021

Health

As the first recipients of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine doses through the UN-partnered COVAX initiative, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana began their vaccine rollouts on Monday, prioritizing frontline workers and vulnerable groups, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Electoral violence in Côte d’Ivoire's capital Abidjan in 2011.

UN Photo/Basile Zoma

Cote d’Ivoire: ‘Tone down the hateful rhetoric’, find peaceful solutions – UN rights chief

9 November 2020

Peace and Security

Continuing violence in the wake of elections in Cote d’Ivoire’s presidential elections held on 31 October, prompted the UN human rights chief on Monday to call for a peaceful solution, saying it was in “nobody’s interests to fuel the threat of increasing political instability”.

A family leaves their home in Aplaya, near Manila, to seek shelter at an evacuation centre as super typhoon Goni (local name Rolly) makes landfall in the Philippines.

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News in Brief 3 November 2020

3 November 2020

News in Brief

UN stands with Austria over deadly shootings
"Super typhoon" Goni leaves towns cut off
Côte d’Ivoire election violence sees thousands flee

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Ivorians have been living in refugee camps in Liberia for a number of years. (file)

Côte d'Ivoire: UN reports 3,000 flee abroad amid electoral violence

3 November 2020

Peace and Security

Several thousand people have fled from election-related violence in Côte d'Ivoire to seek sanctuary in neighbouring Liberia, Ghana and Togo, fearing a repeat of the major conflict that followed the election in 2011, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.

People at Adjamé Market in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

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Côte d'Ivoire: Conduct election in ‘a peaceful manner’ – UN chief

30 October 2020

Peace and Security

On Friday, the eve of the presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for all Ivorians to ensure that the polls are “conducted in a peaceful manner”.