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Ivory Coast has received authorization from the United States to start direct flights between the two countries, officials said on Saturday, boosting the West African nation’s hopes of becoming a regional transport hub, the Reuters News agency reported.
The world’s top cocoa producer, Ivory Coast is emerging from a decade-long political crisis that ended in a brief civil war in 2011, and is now attracting investors again.
The African Development Bank moved its headquarters back to the commercial capital Abidjan last year, after an 11-year hiatus.
Ivory Coast’s economy has seen a renaissance under President Alassane Ouattara’s stewardship, averaging annual growth of around 9 percent. Ouattara, widely expected to be re-elected in a vote due in October, wants to push ahead with plans to make Abidjan a hub for air travel in Africa.
Ivory Coast has been seeking authorization from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration for 15 years, officials said.
Read the whole story at www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/11/us-ivorycoast-airlines-idUSKBN0N20FO20150411
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