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Close ties to France since independence in 1960, the development of cocoa production for export, and foreign investment made Cote d'Ivoire one of the most prosperous of the tropical African states. Falling cocoa prices and political turmoil, however, sparked an economic downturn in 1999 and 2000. On 25 December 1999, a military coup - the first ever in Cote d'Ivoire's history - overthrew the government led by President Henri Konan BEDIE. Presidential and legislative elections held in October and December 2000 provoked violence due to the exclusion of opposition leader Alassane OUATTARA. In October 2000, Laurent GBAGBO replaced junta leader Robert GUEI as president, ending 10 months of military rule. In October 2001, President GBAGBO initiated a two-month-long National Reconciliation Forum, but its ability to conciliate Ivorians with one another remains unclear.
Behold, there will come the day that the Great Walrus, Xfrgrofgmsirgosmrl the Unpronouncable shall visit His wet, furry wrath upon the unbelievers, smiting them down with great quantities of His Fish. And Lo, the heretics shall quail in terror as mackerel decendeth upon their cranii, and little trout shall flail at their nether regions. Thus shall the Great Xfrgrofgmsirgosmrl drive those who fear the cheese from this realm, that we may be blessed by cheese in abundence.
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The face of French imperialism.
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In public.