Ivory Coast’s Perfect Storm: How it Led to TWO Civil Wars & Violent Clashes with the French

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Ivory Coast’s Perfect Storm: How it Led to TWO Civil Wars & Violent Clashes with the French


From the days of its colonization to the modern day, Ivory Coast has had a turbulent and complex history. Follow us as we explore this African nation in our newest episode of “Untangling Africa”, diving deep into the struggles faced by this country as it navigates its identity in a post-independence era. This is Untangling Africa #16

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  1. Right now their is peace but as am Ivorian i feel like this is forced peace. Two clan clashed dioula et bete but the calmest one and the the more spread one they need to watch out. Cause their had great loss so next president have to be very powerful and intelligent to play among all of these tribes

  2. My question is what is france benefitting from the ivory Coast that its willing to sacrifice its soldiers…am surprised..does france really love africa that much..,am curious please comment

  3. Sounds like the French, much like the Americans, utilize their military as a bit of a jobs program since there's probably not enough jobs back home. And what's one way to keep that jobs program going? Imperialism and neocolonialism ("peacekeeping" according to them). Which, of course, has the added bonus of the looting of resources.

    Reminder: 99% of the time, nothing good can ever come of having foreign troops stationed on soil that isn't theirs.

  4. I would have liked to have heard more about the role of the French in looting resources, 'fixing elections,' and fomenting inter-ethnic and inter-religious hostilities in the Ivory Coast. I think Ivory Coast should join the "Alliance of Sahel States" but there needs to be a change of leadership for that to happen.

  5. European powers trying to stop African wars is a futile and thankless task. If they want to wipe each other out that's their business. Let Africa be Africa even though that's often ugly. Likewise, stop letting them come to our countries. .

  6. Soro Guillaume's rebels loyal to Watara have committed atrocities and crimes against humanity, movements such as (MPCI), (MPGO) were rebel movements with the aim of eliminating not a supporter of Watara, their methods of killing their victims were to cut their throat or decapitation, the rebels killed more than 120,000 Ivoirian people, women, children, old people, young people, they killed everyone, they only left alive the people of their ethnic group and I am a supporter of Watara, I am shocked that the (ICC court )did not stop Guillaume and its rebels for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Watara must also be tried for crimes against humanity. Today in the Watara regimes all rebel leaders occupy high-ranking positions in the armed forces!

  7. Video about africa exists:
    White nationalists in the comments: ITS ALL THEIR OWN FAULT WE NEVER HAD ANY RESPONSIBILITY AND THE TRANS SAHARAN SLAVE TRADE WAS ALSO NOT OUR FAULT EVEN THOUGH IT ALLOWED FOR QUICK INDUSTRIALIZATION

  8. what is the point of rehashing old memories at a time when everything is going well in this country!? you should stop this policy of divide and rule seriously… I'm Ivorian and we are well now please

  9. I was 5yr Old during th Battle of Abidjan, I remember fleeing the city with my mother while my father was forced to stay in the capital by his condition of civil cervant in a position that made him a reservist. Remember crying out loud each time I couldn't have im on the phone due to crappy lines. Thankfully He survived it as he immediately pledged alegiance to Ouattara, an action that spared him from being thrown into combat.

  10. "colonialism of a different kind" wtf lol are you insinuating that the Ashanti were colonials? Really? What's next Khosan are imperialist?

    ARABS, TURKS and EUROPEANS are the COLONIALS. Claiming an African is a colonial within AFRICA is extreme silliness to put it kindly that's like saying Siberians are imperialists just cuz they happened to have had a khanate centuries ago lmao.

  11. Just to clarify some point; Ivory coast is not a Warzone, it is one of the safest place to live in Africa. The economy is booming, the ravage of the war have long been rebuild. I was ten during the second civil war we call it the post electoral crisis. There are no longer militia riding in Mitsubishi and beheading people (it was mainly done in 2002), insecurity is no longer an issue. Actually we are organizing the African football CuP (LA CAN) and were are in final of our own CAN. So yeah if you want to spend hell of a good time in Africa come to "Côte d'ivoire pays de l'hospitalité".

    Hell Even one dumb stat call us Happiest country in west africa.

  12. If the United States or British did the same as France their populations would protest. Are the French apathetic about this issue? When French soldiers are getting killed is there much talk of it in France? Why die for a former colony? I really don’t see the British public putting up with it anymore without reason.