Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire

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General Bakayoko inspecting Forces Nouvelles troops (January 2009)
Fighter of the Forces Nouvelles (2005)

The Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire (German: New Forces ) short FN or FNCI were a rebel coalition of the Ivory Coast .

history

The FN formed between December 2002 and the beginning of 2003, during the civil war 2002-2007 , from the groups Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire (MPCI), Mouvement populaire ivoirien du Grand Ouest (MPIGO) and Mouvement pour la justice et la paix ( MJP) under the leadership of Guillaume Soro . They have ruled the northern half of the country since then (as of March 2011).

The FN supported the government of Alassane Ouattara during the government crisis of 2010/2011 . Under the command of Ibrahim Coulibaly , her relatives fought as a " Commando invisible " (German, 'Invisible Command') in Abobo against units of Laurent Gbagbo .

At the beginning of March 2011, the FN terminated the 2007 armistice with Laurent Gbagbo and captured the city of Toulépleu on March 7th .

On March 17, 2011, they merged into the newly established Forces républicaines de Côte d'Ivoire , which, according to Alassane Ouattara, formed the future armed forces of the Ivory Coast .

Officers

Well-known field commanders of the FNCI were:

  • Chérif Ousmane
  • Hervé Touré Pélikan
  • Issiaka Ouattara called "Wattao"
  • Martin Kouakou Fofié , corporal and commander in the Korhogo sector in 2008

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Körner: Religion and Conflict in Africa. (pdf; 503 kB) Fact sheets on the role of religion in 28 violent conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2007. (No longer available online.) In: GIGA Institute for African Studies . December 1, 2007, pp. 23-25 , archived from the original on January 19, 2012 ; Retrieved March 12, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.giga-hamburg.de
  2. ↑ a b c Dominic Johnson : Shot, hacked, expelled. In: the daily newspaper . March 11, 2011, accessed March 11, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Bettina Engels: A little peace. In: labournet.de. January 8, 2008, accessed March 12, 2011 .
  4. ^ A b Thomas Scheen: Heavy fighting in Abidjan. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . March 15, 2011, accessed March 18, 2011 .
  5. ^ Dominic Johnson: New massacre in Abidjan. In: the daily newspaper . March 18, 2011, accessed March 22, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Thomas Scheen: Renegade militia leader killed in Abidjan. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. April 28, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011 .