African Studies
Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives
Call for Papers: Utafiti is inviting you to submit your manuscript – any topic in the humanities - for consideration in the next issues.
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Having secured 204 of the National Assembly’s 255 seats in the 2011 parliamentary elections, President Alassane Ouattara’s ruling coalition, the ‘Rassemblement des Républicains’ – ‘Parti Démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire’ (RDR-PDCI) had a free hand to govern the country. Achievements during the year were quite impressive, with faster-than-expected economic recovery following months of fighting that had erupted in the wake of former president Laurent Gbagbo’s refusal to accept Ouattara’s 2010 presidential poll victory. Key economic reforms were initiated, donors clearly threw their weight behind Ouattara, and investor confidence rose. However, progress lagged on a host of critical key issues, from justice and political reconciliation to security sector reform, which clearly undermined political stability and put the country at risk. A series of armed raids (nearly every month and sometimes daily), mainly attributed to pro-Gbagbo supporters, targeted the security forces, contributing to an even stronger polarisation of the political landscape and undermining the prospects for national reconciliation.