Côte d'Ivoire--History--Civil War, 2002-2007

found: Work cat.: Hot chocolate, c2007:t.p. (how cocoa fuelled the conflict in Côte d'Ivoire) p. 3 (armed conflict and political crisis in recent years; an army-led rebellion in Sept. 2002, a peace agreement in 2003, a new agreement signed in 2007; still too early to know whether this agreement will be implemented or what its impact will be) p. 11 (March 2007, agreement between President Gbagbo and Guillaume Soro signed in Ouagadougou)

found: World Factbook, June 11, 2007:Cote d'Ivoire (Ivorian dissidents and disaffected members of the military launched a failed coup attempt in Sept. 2002. Rebel forces claimed the northern half of the country, and in Jan. 2003 were granted ministerial positions in a unity government under the auspices of the Linas-Marcoussis Peace Accord. President GBAGBO and rebel forces resumed implementation of the peace accord in Dec. 2003 after a three-month stalemate, but issues that sparked the civil war, such as land reform and grounds for citizenship, remain unresolved. The central government has yet to exert control over the northern regions and tensions remain high between GBAGBO and opposition leaders)

found: Wikipedia, June 11, 2007(The Ivorian Civil War was a civil war in Côte d'Ivoire that began on September 19, 2002. Although most of the fighting ended by late 2004, the country remains split in two, with a rebel-held north and a government-held south. A peace agreement to end the conflict was signed in Mar. 2007; Apr. 16, in the presence of Gbagbo and Soro, the U.N. buffer zone between the two sides began to be dismantled, and government and New Forces soldiers paraded together for the first time. Gbagbo declared that the war was over; May 19, the disarmament of pro-government militia began)

found: NY Times, June 10, 2007:"A War Ends in Ivory Coast but Peace, Order and Unity Are Flickering Dreams" (Plenty of signs attest that the civil war that cleaved this country in two for half a decade is finally over)