Second Ivorian Civil War
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The Second Ivorian Civil War broke out in March 2011 when the crisis in Ivory Coast escalated into full-scale military conflict between forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, the President of Ivory Coast sin
Displaced Ivorians queue for food at a UNHCR distribution site in Liberia
First Ivorian Civil War
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The First Ivorian Civil War was a civil conflict in the Ivory Coast that began with a military rebellion on 19 September 2002 and ended with a peace agreement on 4 March 2007. The conflict pitted the
Second Ivorian Civil War
…military action, with the stated objective to protect their forces and civilians. France's forces arrested Gbagbo at his residence on 11 April 2011. A civil war was fought in Ivory Coast between 2002 and 2004 between the incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo and the rebel Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire (New…
Félix Houphouët-Boigny died in 1993, after 30 years in power.
President Henri Konan Bédié used Ivoirité to undermine his political rivals.
Alassane Ouattara was barred from contesting the 1995 and 2000 elections.
Rebel leader Guillaume Soro led the Patriotic Movement of Ivory Coast and the New Forces.