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A colonial-era dream may become a reality. Bankrolled by French industrialist Vincent Bolloré, the €2.5 billion- and 3,000-kilometre-long rail network is set to cover five countries, from the port of Abidjan in Ivory Coast, via Niger, to the seaside of Benin.
François Picard talks to Mary-Beth Leonard about Washington's perspective on the ongoing political crisis in Ivory Coast.
Coastal erosion is picking up pace in Ivory coast. More than a third of the country's coastline is vulnerable the ravages of the rising sea. From Fishermen or to hoteliers, the affect are reshaping the econmics of whole communtiites with the poor and tourism dependant most at risk. FRANCE 24's François Hume, Damien Koffi and Justice Baidoo report.
Africa has some of the lowest rates of infertility in the world – at just over 13 percent, according to the latest WHO figures. But unlike in the West, couples who do struggle to conceive are often shut out of fertility treatments or have to bear the considerable cost themselves. Infertility is still widely considered taboo and frowned upon in West Africa. Our Ivory Coast correspondents report on the sole clinic in the region that's helping couples with fertility problems conceive through IVF treatment.
In Ivory Coast, support workers head out into rural communities to offer more support to families living with autism. Also we unwrap the mystery of Egypt's longest serving pharaoh, Ramses the second, as his sarcophagus makes a stop in Paris on its world tour. And Nigerian kids race to learn traditional Yoruba percussion before the drums fall silent.
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