Kong: traditional town favoured by the Ivorian state Kong, a town in northern Ivory Coast, is the former capital of an empire founded in the 18th century by Sekou Ouattara. It's a town associated with current Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara's clan. Today, with its modern roads, social housing and other construction sites, Kong benefits from state funding. But some view this as unfair preferential treatment, especially when other cities of similar size also need to develop. IMAGES of the city of Kong AND SOUNDBITES of a resident and the leader of Kong, and an opposition politician