ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Hundreds of French citizens fled their former colony Ivory Coast on Wednesday after days of anti-French riots and looting in a country once seen as a model for Africa of post-independence prosperity.
Nearly 600 French nationals took off from the main city Abidjan in two aircraft during the afternoon and two more planes were due to leave the world's top cocoa grower on Wednesday.
About 150 American, Australian, Canadian and Spanish nationals gathered at Abidjan's sleek, modern airport. A Spanish air force plane was parked waiting to fly away its citizens, along with the Americans, the airport manager said.
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