Download or read book Cote D'Ivoire Post-Gbagbo written by Nicolas Cook and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-21 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Côte d'Ivoire is emerging from a severe political-military crisis that followed a disputed November 28, 2010, presidential runoff election between former president Laurent Gbagbo and his, former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara. Both claimed electoral victory and formed opposing governments. Their rivalry spurred a full-scale civil military conflict in early March 2011, after months of growing political violence. Armed conflict largely ended days after Gbagbo's arrest by pro-Ouattara forces, aided by United Nations (U.N.) and French peacekeepers, but limited residual fighting was continuing to occur as of April 20.