Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire
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Composition
FNCI includes these political parties:- Patriotic Movement of Côte d'IvoirePatriotic Movement of Côte d'IvoireThe Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire was the major rebel group in the Ivorian Civil War, which since 2005, has transformed itself into a leading political party.-Background of the MPCI and the Civil War:...
(Mouvement patriotique de Côte d'Ivoire, MPCI) - Ivorian Popular Movement of the Great WestIvorian Popular Movement of the Great WestThe Ivorian Popular Movement of the Great West .One of two rebel movements in the west of Côte d'Ivoire, created to reinforce the rebel presence after the Marcoussis accords. Founded by sergent Félix Doh , MPIGO recruited mostly in the ethnicly libéro-ivoirienne Dan/Yacouba speaking region...
(Mouvement populaire ivoirien du Grand Ouest, MPIGO) - Movement for Justice and PeaceMovement for Justice and PeaceThe Movement for Justice and Peace is one of two rebel groups from the west of Côte d'Ivoire, which took part in the Ivorian Civil War. The MJP was estimated to have 250 men under arms, commanded by Gaspard Déli, when it signed a ceasefire on 8 January 2003...
(Mouvement pour la justice et la paix, MJP)
While 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
Guillaume Soro
Guillaume Kigbafori Soro has served as the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire since 4 April 2007...
became Prime Minister. According to Soro, the group is transforming itself from an armed movement into a force that is "responsible, credible and capable of managing the affairs of state".
Zones
Zone 1 : Bouna
The Bouna's zone covers the region of BounaBouna
Bouna is a town in Bouna Department, lying in Zanzan Region in northeastern Côte d'Ivoire. Near to the town of Bouna is the Comoé National Park and near the Ghanaian border. The main town of the Lobi people, it is known for the vernacular architecture of the fortress-style adobe compounds in...
, supervised by Mourou Ouatarra, a former-boxer of the Société Omnisports de l'Armée
Société Omnisports de l'Armée
Société Omnisports de l'Armée is an Ivorian football club based in Yamoussoukro. The club is a member of the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football Premiere Division...
(SOA). This zone had draw people's attention to an important contingent of women, called Atchengué, which means let's go (French: on y va) in Mossi language.
Zone 2 : Katiola
The Katiola's zone covers a region including administrative districts of KatiolaKatiola
Katiola is the chief town of Katiola Department of Côte d'Ivoire. It lies in Vallée du Bandama Region. The city of Katiola is located at around .- Transport :Katiola is served by a station on the national railway system, and by Katiola Airport....
, Dabakala
Dabakala
Dabakala is the center town of Dabakala Department of Côte d'Ivoire. Dabakala Department and Dabakala City lie in Vallée du Bandama Region.-References:...
, Niakaramandougou
Niakaramandougou
Niakaramandougou is a town and commune in Côte d'Ivoire.-References:*This article was initially created from the French Wikipedia....
and Tafiré
Tafiré
Tafiré is a town and commune of the Katiola department in the Vallée du Bandama region of Côte d'Ivoire. It is served by a station on the nation railway system....
. 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).
Zone 3 : Bouaké
The Bouaké's zone covers the region around BouakéBouaké
Bouaké is the second largest city in Côte d'Ivoire, with a population of 775,300 . It is the main urban settlement of the Bouaké Department with a population exceeding 1.2 million, in the Vallée du Bandama Region...
and is supervised by Chérif Ousmane, called "Papa Guépard" (English: Dad Cheetah), from his unit's name "Les Guépards" (English: The Cheettahs). 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
Robert Guéï
Robert Guéï was the military ruler of the Côte d'Ivoire from December 24, 1999 to October 26, 2000.Guéï was born in Kabakouma, a village in the western Man region, and was a member of the Yakouba tribe. He was a career soldier: under the French administration, he was trained at the Ouagadougou...
.
Zone 4 : Mankono
The Mankono's zone covers the region around MankonoMankono
Mankono Department is one of the departments of Côte d'Ivoire. It is located in Worodougou Region....
, a rather landocked area, supervised by Ouattara Zoumana, a native of Ferkessédougou
Ferkessédougou
Ferkessédougou is the second largest town in northern Côte d'Ivoire. Ferkessédougou is also the administrative seat of the Ferkessédougou Department, one of four Departments in the Savanes Region...
, also called "Lieutenant Zoua". This zone is an ancient par of the armed forces' school (EFA: École des forces armées) of Bouaké
Bouaké
Bouaké is the second largest city in Côte d'Ivoire, with a population of 775,300 . It is the main urban settlement of the Bouaké Department with a population exceeding 1.2 million, in the Vallée du Bandama Region...
.
Zone 5 : Séguéla
The Séguéla's zone covers a region including the administrative districts of SéguélaSéguéla
Séguéla is one of the departments of Côte d'Ivoire, in the Worodougou Region. The chief city is Séguéla. It is located at around . It is served by Séguéla Airport....
and Vavoua
Vavoua
Vavoua Department is one of the departments of Côte d'Ivoire in Haut-Sassandra Region.The center is at Vavoua, located near . It lies 50 km to the north of Daloa, one of the principal cities of Cote D'Ivoire...
. The zone 5 is supervised by Ouattara Issiaka, called "Wattao", in addition Chief of staff's assistant in the Forces Nouvelless armed forces. This zone, which supervise the "Anaconda" unit, is an ancient par 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.
Zone 6 : Man
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 GuineaGuinea
Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...
and Liberia
Liberia
Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...
. The zone is supervised by Losseni Fofana, called "Loss". This zone is an ancient part of the paratrooper rapid reaction forces (Firpac : Force d'intervention rapide para-commando), contingent 93/2A.
Zone 7 : Touba
The Touba's zone covers the region of Bafing, a bridge zone situated between ManMan, Côte d'Ivoire
Man is a town in Man Department in the west of central Côte d'Ivoire. It is part of Dix-Huit Montagnes Region and is an important market town lying between mountains including Mount Toura and Mount Tonkoui, the two highest in the nation, and La Dent de Man, popular with hikers. The city lies near...
and Odienné
Odienné
Odienné is the chief town of Odienné Department of Côte d'Ivoire, lying in the northwestern part of the country. West of Odienné is the Deng Kele Massif. The town of Odienné was founded by Malinké people under Vakaba Tourié . Later, Samory Touré founded a support base in the town. Features of...
. The Touba's zone is supervised by Aboudrahamane Traoré, called "Dramane Touba", a former-noncommissioned officer of the FANCI. After he had soldiered in the Armed Forces School (French: École des Forces Armées), then in the 3rd battalion of Bouaké
Bouaké
Bouaké is the second largest city in Côte d'Ivoire, with a population of 775,300 . It is the main urban settlement of the Bouaké Department with a population exceeding 1.2 million, in the Vallée du Bandama Region...
, he entered in the FNCI, in the shade of Chérif Ousmane.
See also
- Ivorian Civil War
- Politics of Côte d'IvoirePolitics of Côte d'IvoireThe government of Côte d'Ivoire takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Côte d'Ivoire is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government...
- Patriotic Movement of Côte d'IvoirePatriotic Movement of Côte d'IvoireThe Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire was the major rebel group in the Ivorian Civil War, which since 2005, has transformed itself into a leading political party.-Background of the MPCI and the Civil War:...