Ivorian women took to the streets on Wednesday, to protest against a TV host who laughingly encouraged a man presented as a former rapist to use a dummy to demonstrate how he abused his victims.

The programme, broadcast at prime time by the private Nouvelle Chaine Ivorienne (NCI) channel, caused a massive outcry, with a petition signed by more than 46,500 people demanding that the presenter Yves de M’Bella be punished.

Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson reports.