Introduction to the topic – Francis Akindès, Translated and edited by Cadenza Academic Translations, “”You can’t eat bridges or tar !” Côte d’Ivoire’s meandering path to crisis recovery” in Politique africaine Volule 148, Issue 4, October 2017, pages 5 to 26
The 2010 elections in Côte d’Ivoire and the electoral violence that followed in their wake engendered a profound sociopolitical crisis as the country entered a new chapter of its political history. The drivers behind these latest events are like two sides of the same coin: first came Alassane Ouattara’s bitterly hard-won victory against a backdrop of military clashes and the removal of Laurent Gbagbo from the political arena following his arrest; then, Gbagbo was transferred to The Hague on November 19, 2011 to answer charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the post-electoral crisis. In this context of an Ivorian society that has been divided further by the political situation, the country’s new president, in his inauguration address, proclaimed that he was willing “finally to leave behind our bitterness, . . . our wounds, [and] atone for our individual and collective faults,” and promised “to write a new page of the history of our country.”
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mathieulonglade (21 mai 2022). Introduction to the topic – Francis Akindès, Translated and edited by Cadenza Academic Translations, “”You can’t eat bridges or tar !” Côte d’Ivoire’s meandering path to crisis recovery” in Politique africaine Volule 148, Issue 4, October 2017, pages 5 to 26. Politique africaine. Consulté le 13 février 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/sy0l


