A huge furniture store. Bats galore hanging upside down. Deep in the Plateau area of Abidjan. Modern Abidjan. My tea survival kit. No chaos in this car park. Roadside greenery. Security cars for a special guest.
The Abidjan business district skyline. The Grande Mosque of Abidjan. For more than three decades after its independence from France, Ivory Coast was known for its religious and ethnic harmony, as well as its well-developed economy. The Western African country was hailed as a model of stability.
But an armed rebellion in split the nation in two. Peace deals alternated with renewed violence as the country slowly edged its way towards a political resolution of the conflict.
Despite the instability, Ivory Coast is the world's largest exporter of cocoa beans, and its citizens enjoy a relatively high level of income compared to other countries in the region. President : Alassane Ouattara. Alassane Ouattara has been in power since his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo, was forcibly removed from office after refusing to accept Mr Ouattara's internationally recognised victory in the November presidential election.
Nooks and crannies. Semantic enigmas. The body beautiful. Red tape, white lies. Speculative science. This sceptred isle. Root of all evil. Ethical conundrums. This sporting life. Stage and screen. Before the first military coup of , Ivory Coast was a model of stability and good economic growth. The consequences of military coup were economic breakdown and civil war splitting the country into two halves, north and south. Further Reading.
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