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🇨🇮 Use CautionIs Ivory Coast Safe for First-Time Travelers?
Safety Scores / Ivory Coast
Travel verdict: See the scores below. The scores and risks below say why.
Safety Scores
Key Risks
- Violent crime and armed robbery in Abidjan
- Improved stability since the end of civil war
- Sporadic violence in border areas with Burkina Faso
Avoid travelling at night; use vetted taxis and stay in secure accommodation
Yellow fever vaccination required; malaria prophylaxis essential throughout the country
CFA Franc used; ATMs available in Abidjan but carry backup cash
Emergency: 170
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