Friday, 30 November 2012

Côte d'Ivoire

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire is a country in West Africa, it's estimated to have a 20,617,068 population and the official  language spoken is French (hence why Kojo, who is from the Ivory Coast, speaks French. They gained their independance from the French in August 1960, but have experienced a civil war that broke out in 2002. Around about a quarter of the population lives below the international poverty line which is $1.25 a day. A large proportion (espeically females) of adults are generally illitrate.

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