With the latest flashpoint, we’re curious what’s going to happen to the long-troubled embassy of the West African country on Massachusetts Avenue near Sheridan Circle. Long an eyesore, construction on the Ivorian embassy has been stopped on and off for the past five years because of political troubles in the country. Rebels hold the north, government loyalists hold the south and peacekeepers are stuck in the middle, and the country’s stability is now in serious jeopardy. Although the Post wrote back in May that Cote d’Ivoire’s embassy was nearing completion, DCist noticed there was still some landscaping work to be done the last time we took a stroll down Embassy Row. But for the most part, it looks like the building is complete. We’re sure Ivorian officials are concerned with matters more important than landscaping.
