 He played in all of Ivory Coast's matches at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, but the team suffered a quarter-final defeat to Algeria after extra time.The "uneasy" central defensive partnership between Kolo Touré and Bamba was cited as one of the reasons for their defeat.The tournament had been played in the shadow of the shooting of the Togo team bus, however, with death threats also being made against the Ivory Coast team.