By Peter Hayes, Bloomberg BNA
Violence broke out in the Ivory Coast after a disputed presidential election in 2010.
Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo claimed victory, but supporters of the opposition candidate, Alassane Ouattara, disputed the results.
The country was “plunged into turmoil”when Gbagbo refused to concede defeat, and the United Nations reported hundreds of deaths from the conflict and revenge attacks.
After Gbagbo was removed from office in 2011, forces loyal to Ouattara began their own campaign of torture and murder against Gbagbo supporters, according to Human Rights Watch in New York.
The conflict resulted in the death of 3,000 ...
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