| The remaining four hospitals are under construction in the Ivorian cities of Yamoussoukro, San Pedro, Man and Korhogo. |
| Amid the protests, Mr Compaore fled to neighbouring Ivory Coast and is currently staying in the capital Yamoussoukro. |
| Many African states have adopted the Yamoussoukro Decision of 1999 that aimed to open up intra-African aviation routes. |
| In 1983, President Houphouet-Boigny designated his home village of Yamoussoukro as the political capital of Cote d'Ivoire. |
| Land convoys and helicopters bore Western evacuees to Yamoussoukro, where US military cargo planes waited to fly them to Abidjan, or neighbouring Ghana. |
