In the 1990s, however, Ivorian political leaders adopted a series ... These tensions eventually led to civil war in late 2002, when military rebellion threw the country into crisis.

That means refraining from both cheering and booing Gbagbo, because the Ivorian civil war is none of our business. When Americans choose sides in a conflict they barely understand, they are going ...

French soldiers have been helping the Ivorian army in the fight against ... peacekeeping mission during the country’s long civil war from 2002 to 2011. Ouattara’s announcement on Tuesday ...