Post-election crisis in Cote d'Ivoire: The gbonhi war

Banégas, Richard

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“…It started as perception amongst the political actors on who won or lost. Both parties were convicted that they won the election and through verbal exchanges incited fear and anger by touching on sensitive issues in the country then went forward to use armed forces available to take charge of the streets in Abidjan (Banegas, 2011;Bassett, 2011;Piccolino, 2011;Straus, 2011). The conflict added to the list of many violent election conflict in West Africa (Annan, 2014).…”

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“…The resulting rebels in the north that stood against the government of President Laurent Gbagbo. The 2010 post-election crisis resulted from the refusal of Laurent Gbagbo to accept that Alassane Dramane Ouattara won the 2010 presidential run-off elections despite the high voting turnout which showed that Ivoirians' were ready to end crisis in the country (Banegas, 2011).…”

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Identity Politics, Citizenship and the 2010 Post-Election Conflict in Côte d’Ivoire

Daniel¹,

Enweremadu²

2020

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In 2010, Côte d'Ivoire witnessed a very devastating and unprecedented postelection conflict. The conflict resulted in both internal and external impact that over the years continue to affect the pace of development in the nation. This study aimed to investigate the causes and main drivers of the post-electoral crisis in Côte d'Ivoire in 2010. The study used expository research design adopting in-depth interviews to collect primary data and contextual approach to extract data from briefings from the crisis; UN, EU and international election observation reports and published information in press materials and peer-reviewed journals. The interviews were conducted through cluster sampling method with Election observers, ECOWAS Representation in Côte d'Ivoire, Staff of Abidjan Political Research Center "Centre de Recherche Politique d'Abidjan (CRPA)", National and International Civil Society, Political Experts, Conflict Experts, Political Scientists and Lecturers in the field. Structural descriptive and expository methods were used to analyse and present findings based on the Marxist and Liberal Structural theories of conflict. The study found out that the 2010 electoral conflict was caused by political flaws due to unclear policies and weak electoral institutions that allowed political interruption and manipulation. Furthermore, national identity was the main driver used by political actors to instrumentalize the conflict to make it seem like a civil war. Illiteracy, tribalism and religion were sensitive areas used to break social cohesion under the big umbrella of national identity. The concept of citizenship should be re-conceptualized and made clear in the constitution to prevent re-occurrence of post-election conflict in the coming years like 2020.Origin and culture has been a cause of conflict since the beginning of the world. Leaders incite people for a course by attacking their sense of belonging through origin as was done by Gbagbo and Ouattara during the 2010 election.

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Identity Politics, Citizenship and the 2010 Post-Election Conflict in Côte d’Ivoire

Daniel¹,

Enweremadu²

2020

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“…During that time, neighborhoods of Abidjan experienced politically motivated violence mixed with acts of personal revenge. Civilians erected checkpoints and killed alleged supporters of the other camp (Banégas 2011;Kone 2011).…”

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A Phone without Names

Heitz-Tokpa

2018

Conflict and Society

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The anthropology of war has provided intimate analyses of how communities deal with hardship in violent conflicts. These clearly affect such communities’ social fabric, but exactly how is little understood. This article uses the lens of trust and distrust to analyze the effects of violent conflict on social relations. Through an ethnographic case study of a nurse during the 2002–2011 violent conflict in Côte d’Ivoire, I show how his trust in social norms, political opponents, and strangers in general became transformed into distrust. He stopped saving names in his phone to protect himself and people in his phone. The case highlights how experiences of duress can create distrust and how distrust can prolong conditions of duress by hindering the rebuilding of social trust.

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“…In a complicated sequence of events detailed elsewhere (Bassett, 2011), both Gbabgo and Ouattara claimed victory and were inaugurated president. The controversy sparked renewed violence in Abidjan and rural areas (Banegas, 2011;Straus, 2011). Eventually, with external intervention that included an attack on the presidential compound, Gbagbo was arrested in April 2011 and turned over to the International Criminal Court to face charges of crimes against humanity, generating accusations of one-sided justice.…”

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Playing the immigration card: the politics of exclusion in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana

Whitaker

2015

Commonwealth & Comparative Politics

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Post-election crisis in Cote d'Ivoire: The gbonhi war

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Identity Politics, Citizenship and the 2010 Post-Election Conflict in Côte d’Ivoire

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