Ivory Coast

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2024-08-21
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2025-12-18
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37 Moments
2020
Alassane Ouattara controversially secures third term in office.
2019
Former Ivory Coast President acquitted of crimes against humanity charges by ICC.
2017
President Ouattara dismisses security chiefs after army mutiny.
2016
Terrorist Attack on Grand Bassam Beach Resort: 18 Dead
2014
The UN Security Council lifted the embargo on Ivory Coast's diamond trade.
2011
Laurent Gbagbo Captured by Ouattara Forces
2010
Post-Election Violence Outbreak in Ivory Coast
2007
Troops Withdraw in Reconciliation Effort
New Power-Sharing Peace Deal Signed in Mediation with Rebels
2006
Government resignation over toxic waste dumping scandal and fatalities in Abidjan.
2005
Massacres in Duekoue: Over 100 Killed
Peace agreement reached in South Africa ending conflict between government and rebels.
2004
Deadly clashes in Abidjan prompt UN peacekeeping deployment.
2003
2002
Mutiny spirals into rebellion with rebel takeover in Ivory Coast.
Ouattara's RDR party allocated four ministerial posts in government.
1960
Inauguration of First President Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Constitution Adoption in Côte d'Ivoire
Declaration of Independence from France
1959
Formation of Council of the Entente: A Brief Overview
1954
Railway Linking Ivory Coast to Burkina Faso Completed
1946
1895
1893
Beginning of French colonization in Ivory Coast.
1892
Queen Yamousso Abdicates, French Occupation Begins
1843
1842
Establishment of Grand-Bassam as the capital of French West Africa