✦ History

First Ivorian Civil War

September 19, 2002 – March 4, 2007

Result War agreement, followed by renewed conflict

Ended by Ouagadougou Agreement

Civil war that split Ivory Coast between the government-held south and rebel-held north, with French and UN peacekeepers between them.

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Battles 1

November 6, 2004
2004 French–Ivorian clashes French Victory Ivory Coast Jacques Chirac, Laurent Gbagbo

Key commanders

France 2

Jacques Chirac belligerent leader Kofi Annan military commander

Ivory Coast 2

Laurent Gbagbo President of Ivory Coast Charles Blé Goudé military commander

Other 1

Guillaume Kigbafori Soro Leader of the New Forces rebels