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- Alassane Ouattara - Burkina Faso - culture - Ivory Coast - Laurent Gbagbo - music


Ivory Coast: calming the West

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Three weeks after the fall of Laurent Gbagbo, Alassane Ouattara is taking control and his army is now covering western Ivory Coast. Meanwhile, police mutinies and protests continue in Burkina Faso, we take a look at President Blaise Compaoré. Finally, you will meet African Music Idols, Poly Rythmo de Cotonou.

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