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Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire [a] and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is the port city of Abidjan. It borders Guinea to the northwest, Liberia to the west ...
As of the late 1980s, Ivory Coast's relationship with the U.S. was cordial, if less intimate than its ties with its former colonizer France. [2] Through the mid-1980s, Ivory Coast was one of Africa's most loyal supporter of the United States in the United Nations General Assembly. [2] It supported the larger United States agenda on Chad, the ...
Alassane Ouattara. Alassane Dramane Ouattara ( US ⓘ; French pronunciation: [alasan wataʁa]; born 1 January 1942) is an Ivorian politician and economist who has been President of Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) since 2010. An economist by profession, he worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) [1] and the Central Bank of West African ...
Ivory Coast come from behind to defeat Nigeria in Africa Cup of Nations final, live on Sky Sports Main Event FT Ivory Coast claim victory after coming from a goal down to win (NGA 1-2 CIV) 81’ GOAL!
Ivory trade. Ivory traders, c. 1912. The ivory trade is the commercial, often illegal trade in the ivory tusks of the hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, [1] black and white rhinos, mammoth, [2] and most commonly, African and Asian elephants . Ivory has been traded for hundreds of years by people in Africa and Asia, resulting in restrictions and bans.
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) leads the world in production and export of the cocoa beans used in the manufacture of chocolate, [1] as of 2012, supplying 38% of cocoa produced in the world. West Africa collectively supplies two thirds of the world's cocoa crop, with Ivory Coast leading production at 1.8 million tonnes as of 2017, and nearby ...
Abidjan (/ ˌ æ b ɪ ˈ dʒ ɑː n / AB-ih-JAHN, French:; N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of the Ivory Coast.As of the 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, making it the sixth most populous city proper in Africa, after Lagos, Cairo, Kinshasa, Dar es Salaam, and Johannesburg.
The Ivory Coast 's economy is largely market-based and depends heavily on the agricultural sector. Almost 70% of the Ivorian people are engaged in some form of agricultural activity. [19] The economy grew 82% in the 1960s, reaching a peak growth of 360% in the 1970s, but this proved unsustainable and it shrank by 28% in the 1980s and a further ...