Abidjan: Senators bid farewell to one of their own, Maïmouna Bamba dies at 64

The Ivorian Senate held a solemn tribute to Maïmouna Bamba, wife of Dosso, in Abidjan on October 16, 2026. Appointed senator in 2019 and reappointed in 2023, she served on the Committee on Social and Cultural Affairs and was the first president of Côte d'Ivoire's caucus of women senators. A trained accountant, she worked at Arthur Andersen, SDV and Bolloré Transport and Logistics before settling in San Pedro. She was posthumously made a Knight of the National Order and had urged colleagues not to let illness isolate people and to complete the women's senators' caucus she had launched.