Basic Background To Ivory Coast 2010 Election Crisis

Background

· December 24^th, 1999: Military coup d’état against President Henri Konan Bedie

· October 26^th, 2000: Election of Mr. Laurent Gbagbo as Ivory Coast’s president

· September 19^th, 2002: Attack of Ivory Coast by an armed rebellion that seized the northern part of the country. The rebellion has its rear base in Burkina Faso.

· From 2002 to 2005: The process of crisis resolution is launched at the UN, France, South Africa, Ghana, Togo and Burkina leading to several peace agreements

· 2006-2007: a 12-month government led by PM Banny fails to accomplish a durable peace process with disarming the rebels and organizing elections.

· 2007: Agreement Treaty in Ouagadougou (APO) signed by rebel leader SORO and President Gbagbo

o Global Content of the agreement: 
i. Reunification of the divided country 
ii. Creating an independent electoral commission to organize elections (Consisting of 80% Rebel and RHDP – Opposition Coalition) 
iii. Proclamation of final results by the Constitutional Council 
iv. Supervision, Certification of the electoral process and peace-keeping actions by the UN

(from Larissa's blog)