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Tanker truck crashes into bus in Ivory Coast killing 13 and injuring 44

Sep. 07, 2024 18:20 PM EDT

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A tanker truck crashed into a bus in northern Ivory Coast, killing 13 people and injuring 44, the Transportation Ministry and local media said Saturday. The bus and the truck crashed Friday night on the highway between Bouake and Korhogo, two large...

Today in History: August 7, Twin Tower tightrope walk

Aug. 07, 2024 00:35 AM EDT

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 7, the 220th day of 2024. There are 146 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 7, 1974, French highwire artist Philippe Petit performed an unapproved tightrope walk between the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York, over...

A 'new era' in malaria control has begun with a vaccination campaign for children in Ivory Coast

Jul. 16, 2024 03:00 AM EDT

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Health workers in Ivory Coast began giving children the latest malaria vaccine on Monday, the beginning of a regional campaign that experts hope might curb the impact of one of Africa's top killers. The West African country became the first to start...