Guinea–Ivory Coast relations

Guinea–Ivory Coast relations are the bilateral relations between Guinea and Ivory Coast. The length of the state border between the two countries is 816 km. Both nations are members of the African Union and Non-Aligned Movement.

History

France began negotiations with chiefs along the modern Ivorian coast in the 1840s, thereby establishing a protectorate that later became the colony of Ivory Coast in 1893. France also annexed the coast of modern Guinea in the late 19th century as the colony of Rivières du Sud. The territory was renamed French Guinea in 1894 and was later incorporated into French West Africa together with Ivory Coast. The border between the two countries was defined by the colonial administration on 17 October 1899, with a more detailed delimitation carried out on 21 June 1911.

As the decolonization movement grew in the period following the end of World War II, France gradually granted greater political rights and freedoms to its African colonies south of the Sahara, leading to broad internal autonomy for French West Africa in 1958 within the framework of the French Community.

Guinea and Ivory Coast are neighboring former French colonies in West Africa. Both countries gained independence at approximately the same time. Guinea became independent in 1958, and Ivory Coast followed in 1960. The contrast in the subsequent economic performance of the two countries is striking. The real gross domestic product of Ivory Coast grew at an annual rate of approximately 8 percent, while Guinea's economy experienced stagnation.

Human trafficking

There have been reports of Guinean women and girls being subjected to domestic servitude and sold for purposes of sexual exploitation in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Benin, Senegal, Greece, and Spain.

See also

• Foreign relations of Guinea
• Foreign relations of Ivory Coast
• Guinea–Ivory Coast border

References

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