The Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium was named after the founding president of Ivory Coast.

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Others such as Felix Houphouet-Boigny of the Ivory Coast believed that the newly independent countries must first build strong nation states.

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Sunday's match, won 5-0 by Ivory Coast, had not kicked off when a wall collapsed at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan.

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