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.
His re-election in was more controversial, with the opposition boycotting the poll in protest at what they called an unconstitutional third term. The government operates the outlets with the widest reach, including TV and radio networks and the main daily newspaper.
The first privately-owned terrestrial TV stations were licensed in Press freedom "depends closely on the political context", says Reporters Without Borders. Read full media profile. Ivory Coast's political capital is Yamoussoukro, and its economic capital and largest city is the port city of Abidjan. Its bordering countries are Guinea and Liberia in the west, Burkina Faso and Mali in the north, and Ghana in the east. Ivory Coast became a protectorate of France in —44 and was later formed into a French colony in amid the European scramble for Africa.
Formal French colonial rule was introduced in the s following the scramble for Africa. 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. Know something about this topic?
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