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6 unusual facts about Abidjan


Bébé Manga

She started her career in 1975, singing in a night club in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire called "Son de Guitare" (Sound of a guitar).

Christian Lattier

19 pieces of Lattier's sculptures are currently in the collection of "Musée National de Côte d'Ivoire" in Abidjan.

International Christian Church

MERCY has various programs including an annual Toy Drive which takes place some time around Christmas, the joint blood donation drive with the American Red Cross, and recently MERCY worldwide Abidjan had begun programs to feed hungry children in the city.

Moshe Mayer

He was noted especially for his luxury hotels in African nations, including the Ducor Intercontinental Hotel in Monrovia (1960) and the Hotel Ivoire in Abidjan (late 1960s) and his skyscrapers and presidential palaces in Tel Aviv and other cities.

Rose Doudou Guéï

Associates of Robert Guéï claimed that he and Rose Doudou Guéï were executed, along with several other people, as they sat down for a meal at their home in Abidjan.

Vincent Orange

In 1991, he was a delegate to the First African/American Summit convened in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire and Dakar, Senegal.


2002 WAFU Nations Cup

The tournament was finally arranged for Sep 18–29, 2002, to be held in Ivory Coast (in Abidjan and Bouaké; the latter venue being added at the last moment).

Akoupé-Zeudji

Akoupé-Zeudji has a private school and a public school, built by the government of the Abidjan Department under the leadership of Governor Pierre Djédji Amondji, and also has a community centre, a private vocational training centre, and a nightclub.

Amadou Koné

In 1990, he left the University of Abidjan for Germany, thanks to a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Barthélemy Adoukonou

Between 1977 and 1984 he was rector of the Minor Seminary of St. Paul at Djimi, Abomey, Missionary Professor at the University of West Africa in Abidjan and professor of methodology of research in human and social sciences at the University of the State of Abomey-Calavi and at the Major Seminary of Saint Gall in Ouidah, Benin.

Bernard Yago

He then served as a professor at the Minor Seminary of Bingerville and as director of the Pre-Seminary École de Petit Clerics until 1956, whence he began pastoral work in Abidjan until 1957.

Carol Off

She claimed that French-Canadian journalist Guy-André Kieffer, who was kidnapped in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire in 2004, had been murdered for exposing Ivorian government corruption in connection with cocoa.

Crypto AG

The company has about 230 employees, has offices in Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Buenos Aires, Kuala Lumpur, Muscat, Selsdon and Steinhausen, and does business throughout the world.

Dibi Paul Stephane

Stéphane Paul Dibi (born December 28, 1990 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast) is a Ivorian football He currently plays for MC Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Jojo Cobbinah

Cobbinah went to a catholic school in his home country and studied in Cape Coast (Ghana), Abidjan (Ivory Coast) and Dijon (France).

Jores Okore

Okore was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast; he moved to Denmark with his family at the age of 3, where he played football from the age of 8 with B.93 in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen.

Karim Coulibaly Diaby

Karim Diaby Coulibaly (born 25 December 1989 in Abidjan) is a French-Ivorian football striker who currently plays for the Corgoň Liga club MFK Košice.

L'Abidjanaise

Adopted in 1960 at the country's independence, the song of Abidjan remains the national anthem of Côte d'Ivoire, even though the capital city is now Yamoussoukro.

Laurent Zahui

Born in Gagnoa, Zahui began playing football in the local league for Stade d'Abidjan.

Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene Famak Joof

Thiam, Iba Der, Maba Diakhou Ba Almamy du Rip (Sénégal), Paris, ABC, Dakar-Abidjan, NEA, 1977

Marcel Blaguet Ledjou

Since November 2006 Ledjou is the Director of Communication and External Relations at the Town Hall of Port-Bouët, Abidjan, and holds a Master's degree in Communication, Administration and Management from the Université de Cocody in Abidjan.

Media of Ivory Coast

There are three foreign radio broadcasters that can be received in Ivory Coast on the FM band: RFI (Abidjan and Korhogo), Africa N°1 (Abidjan) and BBC (Abidjan).

Moussa Okanla

Démocratie et Gouvernance en Afrique : Etat des Lieux (in collaboration avec René Lemarchand, Abidjan : United States Information Service, Septembre 1996)

Patricia McMahon Hawkins

She subsequently served as Information Officer in Kinshasa, Zaire, as Public Affairs Officer in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, as Cultural Affairs Officer in Bogotá, Colombia, as Counselor for Public Affairs in Abidjan, Cộte d'Ivoire, where she also served briefly as Acting DCM and then for several months as Chargé d'affaires.

René Lemarchand

Now Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Florida, Lemarchand has worked as a consultant in governance for the USAID in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire and as governance and democracy adviser to USAID/Ghana.

Roberts International Airport

In the late 1970s and into the early 1980s, the airport became Pan Am's principal African hub, with a non-stop service from New York JFK connecting at Robertsfield to such destinations as Dakar, Accra, Abidjan, Lagos, and Conakry, among others, and continuing on to Nairobi and even at times Johannesburg, so that for many years virtually every Pan Am passenger to Africa passed through Robertsfield.

S. A. Agulhas

Included in the itinerary were visits to Tema and Abidjan to take on additional cadets from Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, while en route to London, UK.

Séry Wawa

Séry Wawa died on 12 December 2013, aged 70, in his hometown of Abidjan, Lagunes, Ivory Coast.

Simone Gbagbo

In July 2008 she was formally called for questioning by a French investigative judge, examining the April 2004 disappearance and presumed death in Abidjan of French-Canadian journalist Guy-André Kieffer.

Spriggs Payne Airport

This was quickly replaced by the services of its affiliate, ASKY Airlines which began operating from Spriggs-Payne, flying initially to Accra, Banjul and Abidjan with onward service to its hub at Lome.

Trans–West African Coastal Highway

Originally it was planned to follow the coast, and to this end Côte d'Ivoire built a paved road west of Abidjan along its coast to Tabou, near the Liberian border.

Triphyophyllum

peltatum is currently cultivated in only three botanical gardens: Abidjan, Bonn, and Würzburg.

Vincent Angban

Vincent Atchouailou de Paul Angban (born 2 February 1985 in Anyama) is an Ivorian footballer playing as a goalkeeper for Ivorian Premier Division club Jeunesse and English Premiership club Chelsea.

Yacouba Bamba

Yacouba Bamba (born 16 December 1975) in the Marcory commune of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.


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