This month, RESOLVE highlights recommended readings from the RESOLVE Policy Note, "Addressing the Dozo in Côte d’Ivoire." In this note, author Jessica Moody discusses the importance of the dozo to the government of Côte d’Ivoire's handle on power and how it has made them difficult to disarm or hold accountable in the post-war period. She provides recommendations on encouraging cohesion and communication between communities in northern and western Côte d’Ivoire, where the dozo are omnipresent, to assist with reconciliation.

On Land Conflict and Communal Tensions in Côte d’Ivoire

Chauveau, Jean Pierre. “Question Foncière et Construction Nationale en Côte d’Ivoire : Les Enjeux Silencieux d’un Coup d’Etat.” Politique Africaine 2, no.78 (2000): 94-125.

Mitchell, Matthew. “Land Tenure Reform and Politics in Post-Conflict Côte d’Ivoire: A Precarious Peace in the Western Cocoa Regions.” Canadian Journal of African Studies 48, no.2 (2014): 203- 221.

Speight, Jeremey. “’Une Instabilite Permanente?’: Land Authority and Bouna’s Post-Conflict Violence Over the Longue Durée.” Afrique Contemporaine 3, no.263-264 (2017): 197-215.

On Post-Conflict Challenges and Reconciliation Strategies in Côte d’Ivoire

Corey-Boulet, Robbie. “Ivory Coast: Victor’s Justice.” World Policy Journal 29, no.3 (2012): 68-79.

International Crisis Group. “Côte d’Ivoire: Continuing the Recovery.” Africa Briefing 83, December 16, 2011.

Piccolino, Giulia. “Rhétorique de la Cohésion Social et Paradoxes de la Paix par le Bas en Côte d’Ivoire.” Politique Africaine 148 (2017): 49-68.

Rosenberg, Sophie. “The International Criminal Court in Côte d’Ivoire: Impartiality at Stake?.” Journal of International Criminal Justice 15 (2017): 471-490.

On DDR and the Politicization of the Armed Forces in Côte d’Ivoire

Banegas, Richard. “Post-Election Crisis in Côte d’Ivoire: The Gbonhi War.” African Affairs 110, no. 440 (2011): 457-468.

Fofana, Moussa. “Des Forces Nouvelles aux Forces Républicaines de Côte d’Ivoire.” Politique Africaine 122 (2011) : 161-178.

Miran-Guyon, Marie. “The Côte d’Ivoire Armed Forces: Portrait of a Fragile System.” Afrique Contemporaine 3, no. 263-264 (2017): 281-306.

Speight, Jeremy. “Warlord Undone? Strongman Politics and Post-Conflict Statebuilding in Northeastern Côte d’Ivoire 2002-2013.” Canadian Journal of African Studies 48, no.2 (2014): 223- 241.

On the Ivoirian Conflict and its Causes

Akindes, Francis. The Roots of Military-Political Crises in Côte d’Ivoire. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2004. Fofana, Moussa. “Informalité et Hybridité au Sein des Forces de Défense de Côte d’Ivoire.” Centre Franco Paix, June 2018: 9-49.

Mouctar Bar, Thierno. “Addressing Côte d’Ivoire’s Deeper Crisis.” Africa Centre for Security Studies 19, March 2012: 1-7.

On Islamist extremism in West Africa and the Sahel

Chatelot, Christophe. “Le Nord Ivoirien en Alerte.” Le Monde Afrique, November 13, 2019. https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2019/11/13/suivez-notre-miniseri….

Interpeace. “Au-Delà de l’Idéologie et de l’Appât du Gain: Trajectoires des Jeunes Vers les Nouvelles Formes de Violence en Côte d’Ivoire et au Mali.” October 2016: 15-58