Ivory Coast Must Not Have any Oil or the World Would be Stepping in to "Save" Them

DAKAR, Senegal — At least 700,000 people have fled their homes in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan, to escape the increasing violence and collapsing economy stemming from the nation’s political crisis, the United Nations said Friday.

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Women who fled fighting in the Adobo neighborhood of Abidjan arrived at a makeshift refugee camp of Anyama.

Daily gunfire spurred by Laurent Gbagbo’s efforts to stay in power after losing a presidential election in November has pushed thousands of residents out of neighborhoods surrounding the city’s central districts, while the closing of banks and businesses have led to widespread unemployment.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/world/africa/26ivory-coast.html?hp