The Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire (

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: ''New Forces of Ivory Coast'';

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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.

Composition

FNCI includes these political parties: * Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire (''Mouvement patriotique de Côte d'Ivoire'', MPCI) * Ivorian Popular Movement of the Great West (''Mouvement populaire ivoirien du Grand Ouest'', MPIGO) * Movement for Justice and Peace (''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

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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

The ''Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire'' are structured in 10 zones throughout the country.

Zone 1: Bouna

The Bouna's zone covers the region of Bouna, supervised by Mourou Ouatarra, a former-boxer of the

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(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

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Zone 2: Katiola

The Katiola's zone covers a region including administrative districts of Katiola,

Dabakala Dabakala is a town in northeast Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Dabakala Department in Hambol Region, Vallée du Bandama District. Dabakala is also a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. ...

, Niakaramandougou and

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. This zone is supervised by

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, 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

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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

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's former-driver during the military transition supervised by

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Zone 4: Mankono

The Mankono's zone covers the region around

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, a rather landlocked area, supervised by

Ouattara Zoumana Ouattara is a surname or given name, and may refer to: Surname * Aboubakar Diaby Ouattara (born 1938), Ivorian diplomat * Alassane Ouattara (born 1942), Ivorian politician * Alima Ouattara (born 1988), Ivorian pole vaulter * Amara Ahmed Ouatta ...

, a native of

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, also called "Lieutenant Zoua". This zone is an ancient part of the armed forces' school (EFA: ''École des forces armées'') of

Zone 5: Séguéla

The Séguéla's zone covers a region including the administrative districts of

Séguéla Séguéla is a town in western Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both the Woroba District and the Worodougou Region. It is also a commune and the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Séguéla Department Séguéla Department is a department of Worodou ...

and

Vavoua Vavoua is a city in west-central Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Vavoua Department in Haut-Sassandra Region, Sassandra-Marahoué District. Vavoua is also a commune. In the 2021 census, its population was 132,528. In Octo ...

. The zone 5 is supervised by

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, called "Wattao", in addition Chief of staff's assistant in 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.

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

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and

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. The zone 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.

Zone 7: Touba

The Touba's zone covers the region of Bafing, a bridge zone situated between

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and

Odienné Odienné () is a town in the northwestern part of Ivory Coast. It is the seat of both Denguélé District and Kabadougou Region. It is also a commune and the seat of and a sub-prefecture of Odienné Department. The town of Odienné was founded ...

. 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

, he entered in the FNCI, in the shade of Chérif Ousmane.

After integration into the armed forces

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.

References

* Translation of French Wikipedia Entry {{DEFAULTSORT:Forces Nouvelles de Cote d'Ivoire Rebel groups in Ivory Coast Political party alliances in Ivory Coast