Escaped unharmed during the Ouagadougou Political Agreement

Ouagadougou Political Agreement On June 29, 2007, an attack against Prime Minister Soro’s aircraft occurred at the Bouake Airport, killing several persons in his entourage, but he escaped unharmed. Government ministries (particularly Health, Education, Finance, and Interior) and officials are returning to their posts in the northern part of the country, as are important economic actors, such as banks and utilities. The disarmament, demobilizaton, and reintegration (DDR) of former combatants has begun on a limited scale. As part of the DDR process, in January 2008, the Defense and Security Forces completed regroupment, while as of early 2009, the New Forces were still going through the process. In September 2007, the first step in the identification of voters commenced when a series of mobile courts began issuing birth certificates to those who never had them. In April 2008, the government announced elections would be held on November 30, 2008. In early November, those elections were postponed, with no new date established. In late December 2008, the parties to the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA) signed the fourth supplementary agreement to the OPA. Under the terms of this agreement, disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration is to be completed two months before presidential elections. Citizen identification and voter registration continues to pose operational challenges. However, since voter registration began in September 2008, more than three million voters have been registered nationwide, with two million of them in Abidjan. Identification and registration was launched nationwide in early December and is proceeding, although with some delays.

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Daily Motion | April 1, 2009

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