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Ivory Coast civil war

In 2002, a brutal civil war tore apart Ivory Coast. It turned the once prosperous city of Abidjan into a place where Africans and westerners all feared for their lives.

In 2002, a brutal civil war broke out in Ivory Coast.

It turned the once prosperous city of Abidjan into a place where African migrants and westerners all feared for their lives.

Paul Welsh covered the Civil War for the BBC. He recalls the atmosphere in Abidjan and how journalists themselves were targetted.

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