Girl Genitalia Mutilated, Sold For Magic In Ivory Coast

September 11, 2024 admin

Dozens of girls in Ivory Coast would be circumcised, often surrounded by fetishes and sacred objects. Touba, Ivory Coast: When he was a witch doctor, Moussa Diallo would regularly smear himself in a lotion made from a clitoris cut from a girl subjected to female genital mutilation. “I wanted to be a big chief, I…

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With recent discovery of oil deposits, Ivorian economy is diversifying into new realm of raw materials

July 19, 2024 admin

Workers break cocoa pods at a farm in Sinfra, Ivory Coast. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The discovery of huge deposits of natural resources including oil, gas and gold in the Ivory Coast is pushing the country’s economy in a new direction. Over the past three years, the West African country — traditionally focussed on…

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