Cote d’Ivoire was once a bastion of peace in a turbulent region, but political instability now prevails.
Africa… States of Independence
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In 2011, 17 African nations marked 50 years of independence from a resource-hungry Europe.
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Al Jazeera investigates when the African country will wake up from its ‘long sleep’.
Decades after it gained its freedom from France, some say Chad is being subjected to a new form of colonialism.
The Nobel literature laureate talks about the end of colonialism and its impact on Nigeria’s identity.
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