Didier Drogba takes stake in Ivory Coast gold mine


Galatasaray's Didier Drogba acknowledges the crowd as he leaves the pitch at the end of their Champions League quarter-final second leg match against Real Madrid in Istanbul April 9, 2013. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Former Chelsea star Didier Drogba has taken a stake in an Ivory Coast gold mine, the latest sign of his increasing engagement in his homeland which is recovering from a decade of crisis that ended in a brief 2011 war.

Drogba, who plays for Turkish side Galatasaray but won fame during an eight-year stint at Chelsea, will take a 5 percent stake in the mine, the west African country's communications minister Bruno Kone said on Friday.

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