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is a country located in West Africa. Ivory Coast's political capital is Yamoussoukro, and its economic capital and largest city is the port city of Abidjan. It's bordering countries are Guinea and Liberia in the west, Burkina Faso and Mali in the north, Ghana in the east.
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France grants independence under President Felix Houphouet-Boigny. He holds power until he dies in 1993.
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The economy of Ivory Coast is stable and currently growing, in the aftermath of in recent decades.
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Mutiny in Abidjan by soldiers unhappy at being demobilised grows into full-scale rebellion, with Ivory Coast Patriotic Movement rebels seizing control of the north.
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he Politics of Ivory Coast takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Ivory Coast is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system.
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Deadly clashes during crackdown on opposition rally against President Gbagbo in Abidjan.
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Government and New Forces rebels sign a power-sharing peace deal, mediated by Burkina Faso. Under the deal, New Forces leader Guillaume Soro is named as prime minister.
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The interior minister says the authorities foil a plot to overthrow the government organised by supporters of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo.