Short answers, pulled from the story.
In April 1986, the Ivorian government declared that Côte d'Ivoire would be its sole formal name for diplomatic purposes and officially refused to recognise translations into other languages. The name originated with Portuguese merchant-explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries, who called the stretch of West African coast the Costa do Marfim, meaning 'coast of ivory', which the French translated as Côte d'Ivoire.
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, the son of a Baoulé chief, led Ivory Coast to independence and served as its first president. He ruled the country from independence in 1960 until his death in 1993.
The conflict grew from political tension rooted in the concept of Ivoirité, which President Bédié used to exclude his rival Alassane Ouattara from running for president by questioning his citizenship. A military coup in late 1999 and a disputed 2000 election deepened the crisis. On the 19th of September 2002, demobilised troops mutinied and launched attacks across several cities, beginning the civil war.
From 2012 to 2023, Ivory Coast's economy grew by an average of 7.1% per year in real terms. That rate was the second-fastest in Africa and the fourth-fastest in the world over that period.
As of 2023, Ivory Coast is the world's largest exporter of cocoa beans. In 2009, cocoa-bean farmers earned $2.53 billion for cocoa exports, and the country was projected to produce 630,000 metric tons in 2013.
Gbagbo was taken into custody on the 11th of April 2011 following a raid on his residence by UN and French forces. He was transferred to the International Criminal Court in January 2016, was declared acquitted by the court, and received a conditional release in January 2019, with Belgium designated as a host country.