2010–2011 Ivorian crisis

2010–2011 Ivorian crisis
Date 28 November 2010 – 11 April 2011 (4 months and 14 days) Location Ivory Coast Result Anti-Gbagbo victory Capture of President Gbagbo by opposition forces. Opposition leader Alassane Ouattara is sworn-in as the duly elected President. Gbagbo is extradited to the International Criminal Court on 30 November 2011., becoming the first head of state to be taken into the court's custody.
Belligerents
Gbagbo forces Ivorian Army Ivorian Police Ivorian Popular Front	Ouattara forces Rally of the Republicans Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire Invisible Commandos	International forces  United Nations France
Commanders and leaders
Laurent Gbagbo	Alassane Ouattara Guillaume Soro	Choi Young-jin (United Nations)
Strength
Unknown	Unknown (New Forces)	10,000 (United Nations)
Casualties and losses
44–61 security forces killed	50+ killed (RDR) 2 killed (FN) 2 killed, 16 wounded (UNOCI)	1000-1,500+ civilians killed and 100 missing overall, one million civilians fled since disputed election

Anti-Gbagbo victory

Gbagbo forces

Ouattara forces

International forces

The 2010–11 Ivorian crisis was a political crisis in Ivory Coast which began after Laurent Gbagbo, the President of Ivory Coast since 2000, was proclaimed the winner of the Ivorian election of 2010, the first election in the country in 10 years. The opposition candidate, Alassane Ouattara, and a number of countries, organisations and leaders worldwide claimed Ouattara had won the election. After months of attempted negotiation and sporadic violence, the crisis entered a decisive stage as Ouattara's forces began a military offensive in which they quickly gained control of most of the country and besieged key targets in Abidjan, the country's largest city. International organizations have reported numerous human rights violations, and the UN undertook its own military action with the stated objective to protect itself and civilians.

A significant step in bringing an end to the crisis occurred on 11 April 2011 upon the capture and arrest of Gbagbo in Abidjan by pro-Ouattara forces backed by French forces.

On 2 December 2010, Youssouf Bakayoko, head of the Ivorian Commission Electorale Indépendante (CEI), announced provisional results showing that Alassane Ouattara had won the Ivorian election of 2010 in the second round with 54.1% of the vote, against 45.9% for Laurent Gbagbo; he reported that turnout was 81.09%. Results had been expected and then postponed for days, beyond the deadline, and Bakayoko's appearance to announce the results—at an Abidjan hotel heavily guarded by the UN—took the press by surprise. Bakayoko reportedly chose to announce the results at the hotel, which Ouattara had been using as "his base", because he wanted to have the security of UN protection when doing so.According to the 2003 Peace Accords signed in the suburbs of Paris, the majority of the CEI must consist of politicians of the opposition (Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally and Rally of the Republicans).

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