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A West African's Fears About Civil War in Ivory Coast

On the heels of the capture of Laurent Gbagbo in Ivory Coast, Daily Beast Africa correspondent Leymah Gbowee, a survivor of Liberia’s civil war, on how to save the country—and why it won’t work without women.

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Soldiers allied with Alassane Ouattara in Ivory Coast on April 11. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP Photo),Rebecca Blackwell

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