Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Pomp and ceremony for Ouattara investiture

Felix Houphouet-Boigny dreamt of immortality when he built a near replica of the Vatican City's Basilica of St Peter in his isolated home village of Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast's political capital. It is in Yamoussoukro that Alassane Ouattara, who was sworn [...]
Published on 12.05.2011 at 23:01 GMT Reading time 3 minutes
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