| Administrative History | Cote d'Ivoire unstable in 2002-2002 as elections followed the rule of a military junta.
The First Ivorian Civil War was a conflict in Côte d'Ivoire 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.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Ivorian_Civil_War (accessed June 2017) |