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- Alassane Ouattara - economy - football - Ivory Coast - Laurent Gbagbo - music - security


Ivory Coast special: reconciliation and reconstruction

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François Picard presents a special edition of the programme devoted to Ivory Coast. We take a look at the precarious security situation in the neighbourhood of Yopougon and see how reconstruction is getting underway in Grand Bassam. We also explore how football is helping to unite a divided population.

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