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The Ivory Coast slipped into internal strife several years after death of first President Felix Houphouet-Boigny in 1993;
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An armed rebellion in 2002 split the country between rebel north and government south;
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A power-sharing government took over in 2007;
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Mr Ouattara largely draws support from the North, and Mr Gbagbo from the South;
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Mr Gbagbo's supporters claimed that rebels helped rig the vote in favour of Mr Ouattara in areas in the North, despite UN observers saying that the vote was democratic and peaceful;
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However the Constitutional Court, headed by a Gbagbo ally, agreed and annulled the votes from the north, leaving Mr Gbagbo with a slender overall majority;
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