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...maintain power, Bedie manipulated xenophobic tendencies unleashed by political competition and championed a notion of "Ivoirite," which distinguished "real" Ivorians from latecomers to this prosperous nation. Immigrants from neighboring countries constitute nearly a quarter of the Ivoirian population and were vital in forging the country's economic success. Yet to Bedie, to be a "true" Ivorian, one's parents and grandparents must have been born in the country. By championing Ivoirite, Bedie sought to isolate the large immigrant population and the mainly Muslim northern part of the country that supported Alassane Ouattara, leader of the Assembly of Republicans, the largest...
...Coast to visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, he will be consecrating the biggest church on the African continent. But critics of the structure, which cost more than $200 million, charge that the Pope will also be giving his blessing to the monumental extravagance of Ivorian President Felix Houphouet-Boigny. In response to questions about where the funds came from, the President insists that he used his own fortune to finance the basilica...
...these pledges of change, however, may prove more illusory than real. "Establishing a multiparty system is only a step on the way to democracy, not an end in itself," cautions Francis Wodie, leader of the opposition Ivorian Workers' Party...
...barely, in a small chartered plane from the Ivory Coast. "Over Lagos," says Wilde, "the harmattan, a dust-laden wind blowing from the Sahara, had reduced visibility to 500 yds. On our first try at landing, one wing nearly scraped the runway; we began to stall. But our nerveless Ivorian pilot gunned the motor, and the plane lifted, shuddering. We made it on the second pass and emerged, wobbly with fear...
...forbidden French doctors, lawyers and other professionals to open new practices. In the past three years he has trimmed French imports by a fifth (but they still account for 50% of all imports). The government urges company chiefs to put more blacks in high-level jobs and gives Ivorian businessmen easy loans to start new enterprises...