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The following lists events that happened during 2010 in Ivory Coast .

2010 (MMX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2010th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 10th year of the 3rd millennium, the 10th year of the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2010s decade.

Ivory Coast State in West Africa

Ivory Coast or Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country located on the south coast of West Africa. Ivory Coast's political capital is Yamoussoukro, while its economic capital and largest city is the port city of Abidjan. It borders Guinea and Liberia to the west, Burkina Faso and Mali to the north, Ghana to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south.

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Incumbents

Laurent Gbagbo 4th President of Côte dIvoire

Koudou Laurent Gbagbo is an Ivorian politician who was the President of Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 until his arrest in April 2011. A historian, Gbagbo was imprisoned in the early 1970s and again in the early 1990s, and he lived in exile in France during much of the 1980s as a result of his union activism. Gbagbo founded the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) in 1982 and ran unsuccessfully for president against Félix Houphouët-Boigny at the start of multi-party politics in 1990. He won a seat in the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire in 1990.

Alassane Ouattara President of Côte dIvoire

Alassane Dramane Ouattara is an Ivorian politician who has been President of Ivory Coast since 2010. An economist by profession, Ouattara worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Central Bank of West African States, and he was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from November 1990 to December 1993, appointed to that post by President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Ouattara became the President of the Rally of the Republicans (RDR), an Ivorian political party, in 1999.

Guillaume Soro Ivorian politician

Guillaume Kigbafori Soro is an Ivorian politician who was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from April 2007 to March 2012. Prior to his service as Prime Minister, Soro led the Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire, and later the New Forces as its Secretary-General. Since March 2012, Soro has been President of the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire.

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October

November

Second Ivorian Civil War

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 since 2000, and supporters of the internationally recognised president-elect Alassane Ouattara. After months of unsuccessful negotiations and sporadic violence between supporters of the two sides, the crisis entered a critical stage as Ouattara's forces seized control of most of the country with the help of the UNO, with Gbagbo entrenched in Abidjan, the country's largest city. International organizations have reported numerous instances of human rights violations by both sides, in particular in the city of Duékoué where Ouattara's forces killed hundreds of people. Overall casualties of the war are estimated around 3000. The UN and French forces took military action, with the stated objective to protect their forces and civilians. France's forces arrested Gbagbo at his residence on 11 April 2011.

December

The Constitutional Council is a judicial body in the government of Ivory Coast that is patterned after the Constitutional Council of France. The Council was created by law in 1994 and began its operations in 1995. The seat of the Council is in Abidjan.

South Africa Republic in the southernmost part of Africa

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Thabo Mbeki South African politician, President of South Africa

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (Xhosa pronunciation: [tʰaɓɔ mbɛːkʼi]; born 18 June 1942) is a South African politician who served as the second post-Apartheid President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. On 20 September 2008, with about nine months left in his second term, Mbeki announced his resignation after being recalled by the National Executive Committee of the ANC, following a conclusion by judge C. R. Nicholson of improper interference in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), including the prosecution of Jacob Zuma for corruption. On 12 January 2009, the Supreme Court of Appeal unanimously overturned judge Nicholson's judgment but the resignation stood.

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Rally of the Republicans

The Rally of the Republicans is a liberal party in Ivory Coast. The party is the country's governing party; the party's leader, Alassane Ouattara, is the current President of Ivory Coast.

First Ivorian Civil War civil war

The First Ivorian Civil War was a conflict in the Ivory Coast that began in 2002. Although most of the fighting ended by late 2004, the country remained split in two, with a rebel-held Muslim north and a government-held Christian south. Hostility increased and raids on foreign troops and civilians rose. As of 2006, the region was tense, and many said the UN and the French military failed to calm the civil war.

Ivorian Popular Front political party

The Ivorian Popular Front is a centre-left, democratic socialist and social democratic political party in Ivory Coast.

United Nations Operation in Côte dIvoire organization

The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire(UNOCI)(French: Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire, ONUCI) was a peacekeeping mission whose objective was "to facilitate the implementation by the Ivorian parties of the peace agreement signed by them in January 2003". The two main Ivorian parties here are the Ivorian Government forces who control the south of the country, and the New Forces, who control the north. The UNOCI mission aims to control a "zone of confidence" across the centre of the country separating the two parties. The Head of Mission and Special Representative of the Secretary-General is Aïchatou Mindaoudou Souleymane from Niger. She has succeeded Bert Koenders from the Netherlands in 2013 who himself succeeded Choi Young-jin from South Korea in 2011. The mission officially ended on 30 June 2017.

Opération Licorne was the name of the French Armed Forces's peacekeeping operation in support of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire. The French forces have been stationed in the country since shortly after the outbreak of the Ivorian Civil War. The troops' main mission was to support the United Nations peacekeeping mission and to ensure the security of French and foreign nationals.

Simone Gbagbo Ivorian politician

Simone Ehivet Gbagbo is an Ivorian politician. She is the President of the Parliamentary Group of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) and is a Vice-President of the FPI. As the wife of Laurent Gbagbo, the President of Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 to 2011, she was also First Lady of Ivory Coast prior to their arrest by pro-Ouattara forces.

2010 Ivorian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Ivory Coast in 2010. The first round was held on 31 October, and a second round, in which President Laurent Gbagbo faced opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, was held on 28 November 2010. Originally scheduled to be held in 2005, the vote was delayed several times due to the Ivorian Civil War and difficulties involved in the organization and preparation of the elections. A peace agreement between the government and the former rebel New Forces was signed on 4 March 2007, and in late April 2009, it was announced that the elections would be held by 6 December 2009, and that the date would be announced shortly. On 15 May 2009, the date was announced to be 29 November 2009. On 11 November, the elections were postponed again due to delays in the electoral roll. It was announced on 3 December 2009 to be held in late February or early March 2010.

2011 Ivorian parliamentary election

A parliamentary election was held in Ivory Coast on 11 December 2011, after the presidential election which was held in late 2010. This followed a peace agreement between the government and the New Forces that was signed in March 2007. The Rally of the Republicans, the party of President Alassane Ouattara, won just under half the seats in the National Assembly.

2010–11 Ivorian crisis

The 2010–11 Ivorian crisis was a political crisis in Ivory Coast which began after Laurent Gbagbo, the President of Ivory Coast since 2000, was proclaimed the winner of the Ivorian election of 2010, the first election in the country in 10 years. The opposition candidate, Alassane Ouattara, and a number of countries, organisations and leaders worldwide claimed Ouattara had won the election. After months of attempted negotiation and sporadic violence, the crisis entered a decisive stage as Ouattara's forces began a military offensive in which they quickly gained control of most of the country and besieged key targets in Abidjan, the country's largest city. International organizations have reported numerous human rights violations, and the UN undertook its own military action with the stated objective to protect itself and civilians.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1962 United Nations Security Council resolution

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1962, adopted unanimously on December 20, 2010, after recalling previous resolutions on the situation in Côte d'Ivoire, including resolutions 1893 (2009), 1911 (2010), 1924 (2010), 1933 (2010), 1942 (2010), 1946 (2010) and 1951 (2010), the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) until June 30, 2011 and urged all Ivorian parties to respect the outcome of the presidential election and the recognition of Alassane Ouattara as President.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1975 United Nations Security Council resolution

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1975, adopted unanimously on March 30, 2011, after recalling previous resolutions on the situation in Côte d'Ivoire, including resolutions 1572 (2004), 1893 (2009), 1911 (2010), 1924 (2010), 1933 (2010), 1942 (2010), 1946 (2010), 1951 (2010), 1962 (2010), 1967 (2011) and 1968 (2011), the Council demanded that Laurent Gbagbo step down as President and imposed sanctions on him and his close associates.

Désiré Tagro Ivorian politician

Désiré Asségnini Tagro was an Ivorian politician who served as the Minister of the Interior and chief of staff for Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo during the 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis. Tagro was a top ally of Gbagbo.

The following lists events that happened during 2005 in Ivory Coast.

The following lists events that happened during 2011 in Ivory Coast.

2015 Ivorian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Ivory Coast on 25 October 2015. Alassane Ouattara won a second term in a landslide victory over his closest rival Pascal Affi N'Guessan.

References

  1. ↑ "Ivory Coast holds reconciliation poll at last". 30 October 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ivory Coast constitutional council confirms poll result". 6 November 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ivory Coast postpones presidential runoff vote". 10 November 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ivory Coast clashes claim three lives ahead of vote". 27 November 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Gbagbo decrees election curfew". 27 November 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Cote d'Ivoire misses poll deadline". 2 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ivorian court reverses poll result". 4 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "World leaders back Ouattara as Ivory Coast poll winner". 4 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Ivory Coast crisis as presidential rivals both sworn in". 4 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Mbeki undertakes Ivorian mediation". 6 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Cote d'Ivoire expelled from Ecowas". 7 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Ivory Coast crisis: Liberia warlords told not to meddle". 8 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "African Union suspends Ivory Coast over disputed poll". 9 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Gbagbo hints at Cote d'Ivoire talks". 11 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  15. ↑ "Côte d'Ivoire' opposition calls for mass protest". 15 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "Ivory Coast: Ouattara supporters in deadly clashes". 17 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "Kenya warns Cote d'Ivoire leader". 18 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "Gbagbo orders peacekeepers to leave Ivory Coast". 18 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  19. ↑ "UN troops to stay in Cote d'Ivoire". 19 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  20. ↑ "'Hundreds abducted' in Ivory Coast election unrest - UN". 19 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  21. ↑ "Cote d'Ivoire standoff deepens". 23 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  22. ↑ "Ivory Coast clashes kill 173, says UN". 23 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  23. 1 2 "Ivory Coast state TV goes off air outside Abidjan". 24 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  24. 1 2 "Thousands flee Ivory Coast for Liberia amid poll crisis". 26 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  25. ↑ "Ivory Coast: General strike called to pressure Gbagbo". 27 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  26. ↑ "African leaders meet with Gbagbo to deal with Ivory Coast crisis". 29 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  27. ↑ "Ivory Coast on brink of "genocide": envoy to UN". 30 December 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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