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Economic life in the shadow of Ivory Coast's political crisis
At the height of the political crisis sparked by a disputed November run-off, the economy came to a standstill. But many Ivorians now have no choice but to return to work and carry on with business as usual.
By Johan BODIN / Nicolas Germain
 

pkgtraffick is dense in abidjannit's a clear sign that economic activity has picked upbut the post electoral crisis between gbagbo and ouattara has led to inflationivorians hope a solution will be found swiftlysot Cyril BOUGOUI, Mobile phone sellerivorians are somewhat confused, they are lost, they don't know who to believe in, we want our two leaders to be wise, so that the country can regain its past glorybut for some this crisis has been beneficialsot Leonard Zie Sangaret, CEO Wendel Securitythat's 28 plus 30, 58 people have already come here this morni ngleonard zie sangaret is the head of a private security firmhis business is booming following clashes last monthsotyou can see i'm happythose who want to meddle in politics that's their problem, but i'm upbeat, life goes on as if there had never been an electionplato de finreport by nicolas germain, johan bodin, and hilaire zon [[SUR-TITLE]][[TITLE]][[INTRO]]intro: ivorians are still very much divided into two camps. At the height of the crisis the economy came to a standstill, but now more than a month after the second round ivorians have no choice but to return to work[[AUTHOR]]

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