Thu, Nov 11, 2004 - Page 6 News List

Ivory Coast threatens hard won gains

NOT AGAIN!After more than a decade of decastating civil wars, West Africa appeared to be getting back to normal, then hitherto stable Ivory Coast plunged into violence

AP , DAKAR, SENEGAL

Although muggy and malarial, Ivory Coast has since independence from France in 1960 stood as the most prosperous country in West Africa. Abidjan won the title "The Paris of Africa" for its nightlife and its boutiques.

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