The Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire ( English : New Forces of Ivory Coast ; abbreviated FNCI , FN or FAFN ) is a political coalition that was formed in December 2002, in the wake of the first peace accords of the Ivorian Civil War .
15-427: New Forces may refer to: Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire New Democratic Force New Democratic Forces See also [ edit ] New Force (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title New Forces . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
30-600: A coup on Christmas Eve, 1999 . Although Guéï had no role in the coup, the popular general was encouraged out of retirement to head the junta until the next elections. On 4 January 2000, he became President of the Republic. Guéï stood in the October 2000 presidential election as an independent. He only allowed one opposition candidate, Laurent Gbagbo of the Ivorian Popular Front , to run against him. Guéï
45-576: A mutiny . After the death of Houphouët-Boigny in 1993, Guéï became distanced from the new leader Henri Konan Bédié . Guéï's refusal to mobilize his troops to resolve a political struggle between Bédié and the opposition leader Alassane Ouattara in October 1995 led to his dismissal. He was made a minister but sacked again in August 1996 and forced out of the army in January 1997. Bédié was overthrown in
60-630: A region including administrative districts of Katiola , Dabakala , Niakaramandougou and Tafiré . This zone is supervised by Touré Hervé Pélikan , called Vetcho , born in Katiola and Guillaume Soro's Chief of staff. This zone, which have Che Guevarra as an idol, is an ancient part of the Garde Républicaine , of the 3rd battalion of infantry and of the transmissions service of the headquaker's national armed forces (FANCI: Forces armées nationales de Côte d'Ivoire ). The Bouaké's zone covers
75-409: Is supervised by Losseni Fofana , called "Loss". Fofana is a former member of the paratrooper rapid reaction forces (Firpac: Force d'intervention rapide para-commando ), contingent 93/2A. The Touba's zone covers the region of Bafing , a bridge zone situated between Man and Odienné . The Touba's zone is supervised by Aboudrahamane Traoré , called "Dramane Touba", a former-noncommissioned officer of
90-500: The Forces Nouvelles s armed forces. This zone, which supervise the "Anaconda" unit, is an ancient part of the "Société Omnisports de l'Armée" (SOA), the "Forces armées nationales de Côte d'Ivoire"'s (English: Armed forces of Côte d'Ivoire ) sportive team. The Man's zone covers the 18 mountains region ( Région des 18 Montagnes ), a zone reckoned to be difficult owing to its border position with Guinea and Liberia . The zone
105-803: The FANCI. After he had soldiered in the Armed Forces School (French: École des Forces Armées ), then in the 3rd battalion of Bouaké , he entered in the FNCI, in the shade of Chérif Ousmane . After the New Forces were mostly integrated into the Ivorian army in 2011, a large number of ex-rebels successfully mutinied for better living conditions and pay in January 2017. Robert Gu%C3%A9%C3%AF Robert Guéï ( French pronunciation: [ɡe.i] ; 16 March 1941 – 19 September 2002)
120-691: The group is transforming itself from an armed movement into a force that is "responsible, credible and capable of managing the affairs of state". The Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire are structured in 10 zones throughout the country. The Bouna's zone covers the region of Bouna , supervised by Mourou Ouatarra , a former-boxer of the Société Omnisports de l'Armée (SOA). This zone had drawn people's attention to an important contingent of women, called Atchengué , which means let's go (French: on y va ) in Mossi language . The Katiola's zone covers
135-438: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Forces&oldid=933014676 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Forces Nouvelles de C%C3%B4te d%27Ivoire FNCI includes these political parties: While
150-676: The political coalition under which these parties operate is formally called the Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire, in fact the MJP has folded into the MPCI, and the MPCI stands in for the coalition itself. There is no active FNCI organization independent of the MPCI as of 2007. The phrase Forces Nouvelles remains a shorthand for the rebel side in the civil war. Following the signing of a peace agreement on March 4, 2007, New Forces leader Guillaume Soro became prime minister. According to Soro,
165-427: The region around Bouaké and is supervised by Chérif Ousmane , called "Papa Guépard" (English: Daddy Cheetah ), from his unit's name "Les Guépards" (English: The Cheetahs ). This zone is an ancient part of the paratrooper rapid reaction forces (Firpac: Force d'intervention rapide para-commando ) and a Mathias Doué 's former-driver during the military transition supervised by Robert Guéï . The Mankono's zone covers
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#1732765386282180-462: The region around Mankono , a rather landlocked area, supervised by Ouattara Zoumana , a native of Ferkessédougou , also called "Lieutenant Zoua". This zone is an ancient part of the armed forces' school (EFA: École des forces armées ) of Bouaké . The Séguéla's zone covers a region including the administrative districts of Séguéla and Vavoua . The zone 5 is supervised by Ouattara Issiaka , called "Wattao", in addition Chief of staff's assistant in
195-475: Was an Ivorian politician who was the military ruler from 24 December 1999 to 26 October 2000. He succeeded President Henri Konan Bédié after the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état and lost to Laurent Gbagbo in the ensuing 2000 Ivorian presidential election . Guéï, his wife Rose Doudou Guéï , and his children were killed on 19 September 2002 on the first day of the First Ivorian Civil War . Guéï
210-729: Was born in Kabakouma, a village in the western Man Department , and was a member of the Yacouba ethnic community. He was a career soldier: under the French administration, he was trained at the Ouagadougou military school and the St Cyr military school in France. He was an ardent supporter of longtime President Félix Houphouët-Boigny , who in 1990, appointed him chief of the army following
225-622: Was soundly defeated by Gbagbo but refused to recognize the result. It took a spate of street protests to bring Gbagbo to power. Guéï fled to Gouessesso , near the Liberian border, but remained a figure in the political scene. He was included in a reconciliation forum in 2001 and agreed to refrain from undemocratic methods. Guéï withdrew from the forum agreement in September 2002, but was killed along with his wife, former First Lady Rose Doudou Guéï , and their children on 19 September 2002, in
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