Côte d'Ivoire
Farmers in Ivory Coast are finding that rubber trees produce more and last longer than cocoa. Will rubber replace cocoa as the country's primary crop?
Pulitzer Center Senior Editor Tom Hundley highlights this week's reporting from Ivory Coast and Turkey.
Ivory Coast produces 40 percent of the world's cocoa, but cocoa has been a bittersweet crop for the country.
The production of chocolate has long been linked with strife and bloodshed; the 2011 political fighting in the Ivory Coast was the latest chapter in cocoa's violent history.
Pulitzer Center grantees Austin Merrill and Peter DiCampo capture images of daily life in Ivory Coast through their iPhones.
The 2010 Ivory Coast presidential election resulted in deep political divisions and five months of war. The political divisions remain, along with high unemployment and deepening frustration.
In Moussadougou, a town of 30,000 where almost all residents are "foreigners" from other parts of Ivory Coast, disputes over land ownership divide the community.
Cocoa, a lucrative business in Ivory Coast, lies at the heart of the country's recent strife.
In Ivory Coast—the world’s top cocoa producer—cocoa farmers bore the brunt of a civil war that killed thousands and displaced more than a million. A year after a power transfer, has anything changed?
Europeans drew Africa’s borders long ago. Today these lines are often deserted and sometimes dangerous. Mali is the legacy: A crumbling state, rump of ancient empire between desert and forest.
Pulitzer Center Senior Editor Tom Hundley highlights this week's report on the importance of water for peacebuilding in Ivory Coast and the need for more in-depth reporting on reproductive health.
Access to water for the Ivory Coast's rural areas could be an important factor in bringing together a country in conflict.
A collaborative investigation into the water sector in Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Liberia in partnership with local journalists and their outlets.