Abidjan - Post Report Question and Answers

How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?

DPO and pouch. - Mar 2021


Pre-Covid we had DPO and pouch. No nothing, no idea what it will be like Post-Covid. No SAFE local facilities to my knowledge. - May 2020


US Mission personnel were able to utilize services available to them. Local postal facilities are not adequate. - Feb 2020


Mail comes via diplomatic pouch only. There is no DPO. Have never tried the local post. - Mar 2017


Dip pouch. - Aug 2015


Diplomatic pouch. For personal packages we cannot send out anything bigger than a padded envelope through the pouch. We can, however, receive boxes. - Jun 2009


Diplomatic pouch is best. There is no door to door mail service here, and streets are unnumbered and unnamed. - Jan 2009


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