Peacebuilding in Côte d’Ivoire: why it’s hard to reintegrate combatants and achieve justice
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Jessica Moody, PhD Candidate and Freelance Political Risk Analyst, King s College London
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Jessica Moody received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council while she was conducting field research for this article.
A decade ago the Ivoirian government, with the help of the United Nations, started programmes to build peace after nine years of war. The conflict ended after President Alassane Ouattara was brought to power with the help of Forces Nouvelles rebels and French and UN troops.
Côte d Ivoire has not returned to war. But elections in 2018 and 2020 were marred by violence.