Ivory Coast (i/ˌaɪvəri ˈkoʊst/) (French: Côte d’Ivoire) (/ˌkoʊt dɨˈvwɑr/; French: [kot divwaʁ] ( listen)), officially the Republic of Ivory Coast (French: République de Côte d’Ivoire), is a country in West Africa. It borders Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Ghana; its southern…