“Civil War and Crisis in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire \u2013 An Analysis of the Sources and Causes ” by Kapok Tree Diplomacy<\/p>\n
Preview – Civil War and Crisis in C\u00f4te d’Ivoire – Table of Contents and Section One<\/p>\n\n\n
For over twenty years following its independence from France in 1960, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire was a rare example of remarkable economic growth and political and social stability in contrast to its poor and often violent and divisive neighbors in the region of West Africa. A complex mix of political, economic and social factors led to a successful military coup d\u2019\u00e9tat in December 1999
and a civil war in November-December 2002 that brought the \u201cIvorian Miracle\u201d crashing down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was followed by several years of \u201cneither peace nor war\u201d where corruption and discrimination were rampant, several peace accords failed, and numerous political groups jockeyed for power. A breakthrough occurred in March 2007 with the signing of the Ouagadougou Peace Accord (OPA) which is still not fully implemented to this day. This analysis
will attempt to primarily answer why the coup and civil war happened, and secondarily, why it took so long to achieve the OPA.
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My paper will examine the underlying sources and causes of the coup d\u2019\u00e9tat, the civil war and the protracted stalemate which followed. To understand not only how the conflict emerged but how it was perpetuated for so long, I will explore several political, economic and social and
regional factors that do not appear to be mutually exclusive. C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire is a genuine multi layered conflict weaving together diverse issues like ethnicity, citizenship, land, immigration policy, natural resource governance and economic and political discrimination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For over twenty years following its independence from France in 1960, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire was a rare example of remarkable economic growth and political and social stability in contrast to its poor and often violent and divisive neighbors in the region of West Africa. A complex mix of political, economic and social factors led to a successful military coup d\u2019\u00e9tat in December 1999 and a civil war in November-December 2002 that brought the \u201cIvorian Miracle\u201d crashing down.<\/p>\n
This was followed by several years of \u201cneither peace nor war\u201d where corruption and discrimination were rampant, several peace accords failed, and numerous political groups jockeyed for power. A breakthrough occurred in March 2007 with the signing of the Ouagadougou Peace Accord (OPA) which is still not fully implemented to this day. This analysis will attempt to primarily answer why the coup and civil war happened, and secondarily, why it took so long to achieve the OPA. <\/p>\n
This paper will examine the underlying sources and causes of the coup d\u2019\u00e9tat, the civil war and the protracted stalemate which followed. To understand not only how the conflict emerged but how it was perpetuated for so long, my paper will explore several political, economic, social and regional factors that do not appear to be mutually exclusive. C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire is a genuine multi-layered conflict weaving together diverse issues like ethnicity, citizenship, land, immigration policy, natural resource governance and economic and political discrimination. As we peel back the onion on these interconnected issues, the roots of this conflict will emerge, and we\u2019ll be able to discern exactly how the Ivoirian Miracle became the Ivoirian Nightmare.<\/p>\n
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