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France repatriates sacred drum taken from Ivory Coast during colonial rule

A century after it was taken away during the colonial era, a sacred drum central to the traditions of Ivory Coast’s Atchan community has finally been returned from France. French authorities formally ...
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Bishops warn politicians against pushing Ivory Coast to cultivate culture of death

Residents line up in front of an enrollment center in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on June 10, 2014. (Credit: Diomande Ble Blonde/AP.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – With barely seven months until the ...