Côte d’Ivoire looks nothing like North Africa: its troubles are purely local, ethnic, and religious. The Republic’s first president, Félix Houphouet-Boigny, was elected at independence in 1960 and remained in office until he died in 1993 – always careful to construct governments with representatives from all the tribes, and with a balance between southern Catholics and northern Muslims.
科特迪瓦的情况也与北非地区不同。它的问题纯粹是当地，种族和宗教的。该国的第一任总统费利克斯·乌弗埃-博瓦尼（Félix Houphouet-Boigny）在1960年独立时上任并一直担任该职位直到1993年去世——他就任期间一直小心翼翼地构建一个代表所有部族的政府，同时也努力维护着南部天主教徒和北部穆斯林之间的平衡。