Sporting Witness - Footballers for Peace in Ivory Coast
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In 2005, the Ivorian national football team - led by Chelsea superstar, Didier Drogba - began campaigning for an end to their country's devastating civil war. The side insisted on playing their matches across Ivory Coast - including an emotional game in the rebel capital of Bouaké. Robert Nicholson talks to Ivory Coast midfielder, Gilles Yapi-Yapo. The programme is a Whistledown Production.
PHOTO: Ivory Coast striker, Didier Drogba, is escorted from the pitch. (Getty Images)
Published on Saturday, 3rd October 2015.
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