Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire

The Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire (New Forces: FNCI or FN) is a political coalition 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 Guillaume Soro 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". [ [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/fluxafp/fil_info.asp?art_cle=43463 "Côte d'Ivoire: Guillaume Soro exprimera ses ambitions après la présidentielle"] , AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), March 17, 2008 fr icon.]

References

* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politique_de_la_C%C3%B4te_d'Ivoire Translation of French Wikipedia Entry]

ee also

*Politics of Côte d'Ivoire
*Ivorian Civil War