Côte d’Ivoire wary of jihadist threat in north 10 years on from major attack

Ivorian soldiers patrolling on the back of a pick-up truck in Tougbo in the north-east, near the border with Burkina Faso, last October. Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images

These days, when she is not organising the annual International Day of Reggae celebrations in Côte d’Ivoire, Rose Ebirim picks up litter scattered on the beach in the historic port town of Grand Bassam, 25 miles east of Abidjan. Both activities have become a form of therapy since the time she saw someone die.

“13 March 2016 was a Black Sunday for me,” she said.