By Susan Craig

We postponed our return to Cote d’Ivoire from Ghana because street demonstrations were scheduled by different groups in Abidjan for the second week of January. By January 7 those demonstrations were called off. I flew back to Abidjan on January 8. Except for higher-than-usual mounds of trash at various intersections, the roadway from the airport to our homes looked “normal.” I even rejoiced that our vehicle had to crawl with everyone else’s through a typical traffic jam. That’s Abidjan as I know it! Continue reading →