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President Gbagbo; since October or 2000 after Guei is forced to flee because people thought he rigged the poll. Gbagbo accepts peace treaty with Paris, power-sharing government. People of other countries are trying to kick him out of office. But the Ivorian people don't want other armed forces stepping in. They fear the violence that could occur.
 * Profile**

//** Cote d'ivoire **// **//Ivory Coast/Cote d'ivoire is the worlds largest cocoa supplier. Cote d' Ivoire (Ivory Coast) is located in Western Africa, Bordering the NOrth Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia. Major urban areas are, Yamoussoukro, the capital, Abidjan, Bouake, Daloa, Gagnoa, and Man. Natural resources are Petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, gold, nickel, tantalum, silica sand, clay, cocoa beans, coffee, palm oil, and hydropower. //****//There are many wars over cocoa-growing areas and land. //** The infrastructure isn't all that good. The cocoa production is good and selling it all over the world makes money. Without Cote d'ivoire there wouldn't be very chocolate factories like Hershey.

**// Background //** **// President Gbagbo was a history teacher and I founded the Ivorian Popular Front. //**He was imprisoned from March 31, 1971 to January 1973. In 1980, He became Director of the Institute of History, Art, and African Archeology at the University of Abidjan.

Safety and Rule of Law: 38 This is probably a low ranking because of all the wars going on, people aren't very safe. Participation and Human Rights: 29 With all the wars people don't really have much say in what goes down. People are killed everywhere they go, they live on streets because their homes were destroyed. Sustainable Economic Opportunity: 39 All the natural resources give the people of Cote d'Ivoire things to sell all over the world. But with the wars it may be hard to mine and grow things to sell or even get them out there for people to buy. Human Development: 42
 * Rankings:**

-Northern government of Ivory Coast -He r eceived crucial support from Blaise Compaoré, currently the President of Burkina Faso, when he was part of the underground opposition to Houphouët-Boigny. * Primary Source- The government should exercise restraint. Reports from citizens of Cote d'Ivoire in the United States say that the government of President Gbagbo is carrying out nothing but vendetta against its political opponents. **//Jeremiah Paye Shar, Liberian Residing In the USA//**
 * References:**

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1043014.stm
 * Sources **

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Gbagbo

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