This has been escalating since the G.W.'s presidency:

1960:

Dec 14, 1960 - Air Ivoire (Société Nouvelle Air Ivoire), founded on 14 December 1960, is the flagship airline of the Ivory Coast, based in Abidjan. It operates national and regional scheduled flights, as well as connections to France. Air Ivoire's hub is Port Bouet airport at Abidjan ...
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1978:

Mar 11, 1978 - Didier Drogba was born on 11 March 1978. in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, a childhood spent both in his native Abidjan, and in France. “Tito,” as he called by friends and family, left home with five years and went to Brest, where his uncle Michel Goba played as a ...
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1995:

Jun 1995 - In June 1995, less than a year after the Cairo Conference, ECA, with support from the Governments of France and the Netherlands, UNFPA, African Development Bank (ADB) and IPPF, met with many of you as experts at the ICPD Africa Region Follow-up ...

From Opening Statement by the UNECA Exec. Sec., Mr. KY Amoako - Related web pages
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1999:

Dec 26, 1999 - Bedie came to Abidjan late Monday on an Air France flight from Paris, where he has lived in exile since fleeing his native country with his family on Dec. 26, 1999. "We've all suffered in the last two years -- me in exile, and you here," Bedie told a thousand ...

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2002:

Sep 19, 2002 - In the early hours of September 19, 2002, while the President was in Italy, there was an armed uprising. Troops who were to be demobilised mutinied, launching attacks in several cities. The battle for the main gendarmerie barracks in Abidjan lasted until mid ...

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2003:

Dec 3, 2003 - Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2003 ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – Screaming "We will kill the French!" thousands of protesters mobbed a French military base Wednesday, pressing their call for "peacekeepers" to abandon Ivory Coast so government attacks on rebels can resume.

From Africans Rage, 'We Will Kill the French!' - Related web pages
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2004:

Nov 9, 2004 - But such suspicions are understandable, given the country's history and especially after France's ruthless weekend destruction of the ... The old cry, that France covets natural resources (including significant offshore oil and gas ) was once again heard on the streets of Abidjan. ...
From Simon Tisdall: Stuck in France's orbit, a depressingly circular history | … - Related web pages
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2006:

Jun 1, 2006 - Since the 1960s, France has helped maintain dictators in power in Francophone Africa against the will of the people. ... "If we leave others to write our history, we should not be surprised when they present some of the French generals who killed defenceless Ivorians in cold blood as ...
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2010:

Dec 22, 2010 - UN forces stand guard on a street in Abidjan, Ivory Coast Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. France urged its citizens to leave Ivory Coast on Wednesday after the UN chief warned the former French colony in West Africa faces. Pritchardia affinis, a critically ...

From Risk International - Related web pages
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2011:

Jan 7, 2011 - Often seen by Gbagbo's supporters as a useful counterweight to French influence in Abidjan, the USA has been accused by Gbagbo himself of partnering France in a conspiracy to get him out and Ouattara in. But while now treating Gbagbo as a pariah, the USA has been an important and not ...

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