Fake stories of a coup d’etat in the West African nation of Ivory Coast surfaced this week amid mounting tensions over the upcoming October general elections. Several accounts on social media sites, ...

A video of an Ivorian shopping centre engulfed in flames in February was shared on social media on May 21 with the baseless narrative that a coup d'etat had taken place. The clip, which shows a large ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- France sent reinforcements and helicopters to the Ivory Coast on Sunday to protect Westerners in the former French colony after a coup attempt threatened to split apart West ...

This is the first time that officials have said how many foreign soldiers were deployed to help thwart the mutiny.

Ivory Coast's army chief encouraged a coup leader in neighbouring Burkina Faso during his failed bid to seize power last year, according to a recording of a conversation in the hands of Burkina Faso ...

In May, Mafalda Marchioro woke up to messages from friends living overseas asking if she was safe in Abidjan, the largest city in Ivory Coast. Social media was full of posts claiming a coup was under ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Authorities say they have foiled a coup plot led by military exiles loyal to the country's former president, airing a video that allegedly was going to be broadcast on ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Loyalist forces put down an attempted coup Thursday in which the minister in charge of police was killed along with a former junta leader who the government said was involved ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Rebel soldiers dug in Friday at two Ivory Coast cities -- reinforcing positions with heavy weapons and handing out uniforms and guns to recruits -- a day after the government ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) -- Mutinous soldiers in civilian clothing attacked Ivory Coast's state broadcasting offices late Sunday night, attempting to seize power in a nation wracked by more than a ...