Question

A leader of this country established the state-run marketing board Caistab to regulate (15[1])prices of its primary export. This country’s top military commander Robert Guéï (“GWAY”) took power after a Christmas Eve coup removed its president Henri Konon Bédié (“bed-YAY”). This country’s qualification for the 2006 World Cup helped bring about a cease-fire (15[1])during its first (15[1]-5[1])civil war, which began as a rebellion by the New Forces against President Laurent (*) Gbagbo. French forces (10[1])intervened during this country’s second civil war to assist forces loyal to its current president Alassane Ouattara (“wa-TAH-ruh”). Despite a crash in cocoa prices, this country’s president Felix Houphouët-Boigny (“HOO-fway BWAH-knee”) spent millions on building the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in its capital. For 10 points, name this West African country governed from Yamoussoukro. ■END■

ANSWER: Ivory Coast [or Côte d’Ivoire]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, World History>
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Jason GolfinosIll-Advised BuzzWhy the Kremlin Hates Bananas1215
Tejas RajebruhOh you like geography? Name every Forrest.5015
Erik ChristensenKhalil v Carbolic Shisha Ball CoWe jopping5315
Owen RileyTOADStatler and Waldorfesque Former Penn Bowl Editors53-5
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