A man works on a bazin cloth ahead of Eid al-Fitr, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Adjame a neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Bakari Diakité normally celebrates the end of Ramadan by visiting the local mosque and hosting a large family gathering. This year, with COVID-19 still spreading in Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan, he has scaled back festivities.
Instead of heading to the mosque this morning, he prayed on a terrace at home with the few family members he lives with. Their lunch of rice and couscous with bissap juice was more modest than the plates of meats they would normally enjoy with a group of some 30 family and friends.
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