Jeunes Patriotes

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The Jeunes Patriotes , Congrès Panafricain des Jeunes et des Patriotes , Young Patriots or COJEP for short are a youth organization in Ivory Coast . They are led by Charles Blé Goudé . The COJEP were founded during the civil war of 2002-2007 .

The Jeunes Patriotes are accused of acting as Laurent Gbagbo's thugs. They are supposed to start fires, commit murders, loot, erect roadblocks and spread fear.

See also

Web links

  • Homepage. In: cojep.info. Retrieved on March 7, 2011 (French, official website).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stefan Klein: The scouts of evil. In: Süddeutsche . March 7, 2011, accessed March 7, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Scheen: Countless old accounts. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. December 23, 2010, accessed May 12, 2011 .