Student Federation of Côte d'Ivoire

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The Student Federation of Côte d'Ivoire (FESCI) (French: Fédération estudiantine et scolaire de Côte d'Ivoire) is a youth and student organization in Côte d'Ivoire that fight for rights of Ivorian student at school and university.

Founded in the early 1990s as a student union,the FESCI, is involved in Improving and defending rights of Ivorian students. Some members of the association have been very successful in politics. For instance, Guillaume Soro (Secretary general of the FESCI 1995-1998), who has been prime minister of Ivory Coast (2007-2012), is the current President of the National Assembly of Ivory Coast.

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