Didier Drogba and a soccer match achieves what five years of combat and negotiations could not

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We are so lucky to have a man like Didier Drogba on our team. This man is a legend! For those of you who are unfamiliar with his past, check out this article.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/07/ivorycoast200707

For nearly five years, Ivory Coast had been divided in two: rebel-held North, government-loyal South. But on a tour of the country in March, Drogba stunned his fellow Ivorians by proposing that the Madagascar game be played in Bouaké, the capital of the rebellion. North and South, unable to reconcile their differences through battle or peace talks, would set aside their guns and come together for a soccer game. And Drogba, already an international star, would become, in the eyes of Ivorians, something of a deity.
 

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