Ivory Coast is tightening security along its northern border after recording what it called an “unusual flow” of refugees escaping fresh attacks on civilians in neighbouring Mali, the government said on Thursday.

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has secured a fourth term, winning 89.77 percent of the vote in an election where his two main rivals were excluded, the electoral commission announced on Monday.

Voters in Ivory Coast are heading to the polls Saturday to cast their ballots in the presidential election amid heightened political tension. 

In Duekoue, a town still scarred by mass killings during Ivory Coast’s 2010–11 post-election violence, local activists are promoting peace through “reconciliation marriages” between rival ethnic groups.

France officially withdrew from its only military base in Ivory Coast on Thursday, marking a significant shift in the country’s military presence in West Africa.

Italy's Eni on Saturday started a second phase of oil and gas production at Ivory Coast's offshore Baleine field, the energy group has announced.

Burkina Faso's Security Minister Mahamadou Sana announced on national television Monday that a significant plot to destabilize the nation has been uncovered and successfully thwarted.

The Biden administration is seeking new military bases in West Africa as American special operations forces withdraw from a key drone base in Niger ahead of a September 15 deadline previously agreed upon by the two governments, News.Az reports citing foreign media.