2010 in Ivory Coast

none 2010 The following lists events that happened during 2010 in Ivory Coast. Incumbents President: Laurent Gbagbo Alassane Ouattara (from December 4) Prime Minister: Guillaume Soro Gilbert Aké (from December 6) Events October October 31 - Voters in Ivory Coast go to the polls for the long delayed presidential election.https://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFLDE69T07720101030 https://web.archive.org/web/20120610031642/http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFLDE69T07720101030 dead 10 June 2012 Ivory Coast holds reconciliation poll at last 30 October 2010 16 January 2015 November November 6 - The Ivory Coast presidential election will go to a second round with President Laurent Gbagbo facing opposition leader Alassane Ouattara.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11704543 Ivory Coast constitutional council confirms poll result 6 November 2010 16 January 2015 November 10 - Ivory Coast defers the second round of voting for the Ivory presidential election to November 28.http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/11/10/ivory.coast.runoff/index.html?eref=edition Ivory Coast postpones presidential runoff vote 10 November 2010 16 January 2015 November 27 - Second Ivorian Civil War At least three people die in protests in Ivory Coast over a curfew imposed ahead of the second round of the Ivorian presidential election.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11855179 Ivory Coast clashes claim three lives ahead of vote 27 November 2010 16 January 2015 Laurent Gbagbo declares a curfew, amid clashes that killed three people ahead of the second round of the presidential election on Sunday.http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/gbagbo-decrees-election-curfew-1.878269#.VLjIclZCPwI Gbagbo decrees election curfew 27 November 2010 16 January 2015 November 28 - Voters in Ivory Coast go to the polls for the second round of the Ivorian presidential election with violent clashes having occurred between rival supporters. December December 2 - Ivory Coast's election commission in Côte d'Ivoire declares Alassane Ouattara the winner of the Ivorian presidential election but the Constitutional Council declares the announcement invalid as it missed the deadline to announce the results.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2010/12/201012201816213764.html Cote d'Ivoire misses poll deadline 2 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 3 - Incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo is ruled as the election winner in Côte d'Ivoire after the constitutional court overturns provisional results which favoured opposition candidate, former prime minister Alassane Ouattara.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2010/12/2010123164818667158.html Ivorian court reverses poll result 4 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 4 - Ivorian presidential election, 2010 A swearing-in ceremony for Laurent Gbagbo takes place in Côte d'Ivoire, although world leaders and the election commission back Alassane Ouattara as winner of the presidential election.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11917359 World leaders back Ouattara as Ivory Coast poll winner 4 December 2010 16 January 2015 Côte d'Ivoire experiences a major political crisis.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11919256 Ivory Coast crisis as presidential rivals both sworn in 4 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 5 - Former South African President Thabo Mbeki begins mediation efforts in Ivory Coast following the disputed presidential election.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2010/12/201012515239370715.html Mbeki undertakes Ivorian mediation 6 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 7 - Côte d'Ivoire is expelled from the Economic Community of West African States.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2010/12/20101272090983941.html Cote d'Ivoire expelled from Ecowas 7 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 8 - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf warns former rebel fighters not to get involved in the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11947622 Ivory Coast crisis: Liberia warlords told not to meddle 8 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 9 - The African Union suspends Côte d'Ivoire following the disputed presidential election.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11963694 African Union suspends Ivory Coast over disputed poll 9 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 11 - Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo is to seek talks with rival presidential candidate Alassane Ouattara to end the crisis in the country. The head of the Economic Community of West African States James Victor Gbeho rejects the idea of power-sharing talks.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2010/12/2010121135945557249.html Gbagbo hints at Cote d'Ivoire talks 11 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 15 - An alliance of opposition parties that endorse the presidency of Alassane Ouattara in Ivory Coast call for mass protests, following the presidential election.http://www.africareview.com/News/-/979180/1072742/-/i7ikn5z/-/ Côte d'Ivoire' opposition calls for mass protest 15 December 2010 16 January 2015 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304004058/http://www.africareview.com/News/-/979180/1072742/-/i7ikn5z/-/ dead December 16 - Opposition protesters in Ivory Coast attempt to seize the state television station in central Abidjan, which is surrounded by the army. At least fifteen people have died in clashes.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12007523 Ivory Coast: Ouattara supporters in deadly clashes 17 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 18 - Ivory Coast crisis Kenya calls on African nations to oust Ivory Coast incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo from office, by force if necessary, if he does not step down.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2010/12/201012188402027780.html Kenya warns Cote d'Ivoire leader 18 December 2010 16 January 2015 Laurent Gbagbo orders United Nations peacekeepers to leave the country.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12028263 Gbagbo orders peacekeepers to leave Ivory Coast 18 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 19 - Ivory Coast crisis The United Nations rejects a demand by incumbent Côte d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo to remove its peacekeepers from the country.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2010/12/201012192049491912.html UN troops to stay in Cote d'Ivoire 19 December 2010 16 January 2015 Hundreds of people are alleged to have been abducted since the election according to the UN.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12034391 'Hundreds abducted' in Ivory Coast election unrest - UN 19 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 22 - The World Bank stops financing Côte d'Ivoire.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2010/12/20101222162641743382.html Cote d'Ivoire standoff deepens 23 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 23 - The United Nations says 173 people have been killed during post-election violence in Ivory Coast.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12067318 Ivory Coast clashes kill 173, says UN 23 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 24 - Ivory Coast crisis The United Nations General Assembly unanimously approves opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara as President of Côte d'Ivoire.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12074006 Ivory Coast state TV goes off air outside Abidjan 24 December 2010 16 January 2015 State television in Côte d'Ivoire goes off the air outside the capital Abidjan amid a political crisis. The Economic Community of West African States threatens to remove incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo by "legitimate force". December 25 - Approximately 14,000 people have fled Côte d'Ivoire and headed to Liberia due to the recent presidential election dispute.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12079552 Thousands flee Ivory Coast for Liberia amid poll crisis 26 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 26 - Laurent Gbagbo threatens to treat United Nations peacekeepers of the UNOCI mission as rebels if they do not follow orders and leave. December 27 - Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognised winner of the presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire, calls for a general strike to force Laurent Gbagbo, who is refusing to cede power, to step down.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12081492 Ivory Coast: General strike called to pressure Gbagbo 27 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 28 - The leaders of Benin, Cape Verde and Sierra Leone arrive in Côte d'Ivoire to urge Laurent Gbagbo to resign as President.http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/12/28/ivory.coast.conflict/ African leaders meet with Gbagbo to deal with Ivory Coast crisis 29 December 2010 16 January 2015 December 30 - Côte d'Ivoire's ambassador to the United Nations, Youssoufou Bamba, says the country is on the "brink of genocide".https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE6BT00320101230 https://web.archive.org/web/20101231193240/http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE6BT00320101230 dead 31 December 2010 Ivory Coast on brink of "genocide": envoy to UN 30 December 2010 16 January 2015 References 30em 2010 Category:Years of the 21st century in Ivory Coast Category:2010s in Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Ivory Coast