ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast announced a cholera outbreak on Thursday, confirming seven deaths from the disease. Daniel Kouadio Ekra, head of the National Institute of Public Hygiene, confirmed the epidemic, saying stool sample analyses conducted by the Pasteur Institute of Côte d’Ivoire, detected “cholera vibrio.” “On May 25, 2025, the Port-Bouët-Vridi health district reported five deaths in the village of Vridi Akobrate,” he said. So far, 45 cases have been recorded in Vridi Akobrate, in the outskirts of Abidjan, the capital, including the seven fatalities.