Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo

Ivory Coast: And he saw a glowing future before him, according to Toronto Star. But then his dreams evaporated. He had enrolled in university to study accounting sciences in his native Ivory Coast. A civil war erupted as forces loyal to then-opposition leader Alassane Ouattara tried to oust then-incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo at the end of 2010. His aunt had been an active supporter of Gbagbo and she and her nephew were targeted by Ouattara forces, he says. And suddenly Kouadiane and his aunt — his only living relative still in the Ivory Coast — were on the run. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.