Despite the constraints related to Covid-19, the 61st anniversary of the independence of Côte d'Ivoire was celebrated in both in person and virtually this Saturday, August 7, 2021 in Washington. The representative of the African Union in the United States, Hilda Suka-Mafutze, was among the guests of the country's Ambassador Mamadou Haidara. Update with A Iseny Ben Bangoura.