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Ivory Coast civil war
In 2002, a brutal civil war tore apart Ivory Coast. It turned the once prosperous city of Abidjan into a place where Africans and westerners all feared for their lives.
In 2002, a brutal civil war broke out in Ivory Coast.
It turned the once prosperous city of Abidjan into a place where African migrants and westerners all feared for their lives.
Paul Welsh covered the Civil War for the ±«Óãtv. He recalls the atmosphere in Abidjan and how journalists themselves were targetted.
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Mon 7 Mar 2011
11:50GMT
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