Côte d'Ivoire

In Numbers

583.92 mt of food assistance distributed in April 2018

3,350 returnees and vulnerable hosts registered to participate in livelihood activities from March to June 2018

US$ 4.929 m six months (May-October 2018) net funding requirements

145,849 people assisted in April 2018

Operational Updates

Onze organisations de défense des droits humains exhortent le président de la Côte d’Ivoire à soutenir des procès équitables et crédibles

April 2018

57 Ivorian refugees in Ghana and Togo returned back to Cote D’Ivoire.
UNHCR actively participated into the FEMUA 11 (Festival de Musiques Urbaines D’Anoumanbo)
The Ivorian government adopted 02 bills in the context of the civil status reform.

FUNDING (AS OF 30 APRIL 2018)
requested for the Côte d’Ivoire situation
7% Funded
1.2M USD
93% Unfunded
14.8M USD

Côte d’Ivoire’s President, Alassane Ouattara, should do more to fulfill his promise of justice for victims of the country’s 2010-11 post-election crisis, 10 national and international human rights groups said today in a joint letter to the president.

In numbers

448.19 mt of food assistance distributed in March 2018

3,350 returnees and vulnerable hosts registered to participate in livelihood activities from March to June 2018

US$ 1.18 m six months (April-September 2018) net funding requirements

129,000 people assisted in March 2018

Operational Updates

• International Women’s Day with refugee women in Abidjan

• 2018 repatriation activities official launch in Danane

• 48 refugee households sensitized on Self-reliance in Tabou.

Main Activities

Voluntary Repatriation of Ivorian Refugees

• On 01 March, 28 households of 103 Ivorian refugees were repatriated back to Cote D’Ivoire from Guinea through the CDI-Guinea’s Border with UNHCR support.

The military coup attempts in September 2002 and the post-electoral crisis of 2010-2011, gave rise to a significant socio-political crises in Côte d’Ivoire. This event deepened the already existing social divisions in the country and exacerbated cohabitation tensions in different regions. In the West, the conflicts between populations, mainly around issues related to sharing resources such as land or pasture, became many times violent.

Abidjan a accueilli du 26 au 30 mars 2018, un atelier de restitution des résultats de l’évaluation du mentorat clinique des sages-femmes et d’élaboration des recommandations pour le mentorat. Cet atelier, une initiative du bureau régional de l’Afrique de l’ouest et du centre de l’UNFPA (UNFPA-WCARO), en collaboration avec l’OMS, l’UNICEF et la Société Africaine de Gynéco-Obstétrique (SAGO), a vu la participation d’éminents professeurs gynécologues, des sages-femmes et des maïeuticiens venus du Sénégal, du Mali, de la Guinée, de Madagascar, du Burkina Faso et du Benin.

In numbers

57,000 returnees received emergency food assistance since the post-electoral crisis

1,010 women smallholder farmers are supported technically since 2017 to improve their climate-sensitive agricultural practices

383 mt of food assistance distributed in February 2018

125,133 people assisted in February 2018

Operational Updates

• Abidjan’s Declaration 3rd anniversary in the context of the eradication of Statelessness.

• 158 Ivorian refugees repatriated back to Cote D’Ivoire from Liberia.

• Cross-Border meeting in Ghana in regards to voluntary repatriation.

Main Activities

Voluntary Repatriation of Ivorian Refugees

Abidjan, Paris - Les condamnations récentes de plusieurs proches de l’ancien président Laurent Gbagbo, et le procès de celui-ci toujours en cours devant la Cour pénale internationale, n’ont pas encore permis à toutes les victimes de la crise ivoirienne de bénéficier d’une justice « équitable » et « impartiale ».

POINTS SAILLANTS

• Le bac utilisé comme moyen de transport dans les activités de rapatriement à Tabou est de nouveau fonctionnel et par conséquent, le nombre de convois de rapatriements a vu une hausse ces 02 derniers mois.

• Le nombre total de rapatriés assistés par le HCR, au cours des deux derniers mois, à savoir Décembre 2017 et Janvier 2018 est de 1,106.

Introduction

Depuis le début de l’année 2017 en Côte d’Ivoire, l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM) a assisté plus de 1 800 individus au retour volontaire, principalement depuis la Libye et le Niger. Le projet, qui a permis d’assurer l’accueil de ces migrants en Côte d’Ivoire, s’inscrit dans le cadre de l’Initiative Conjointe UE – OIM pour la Protection et la Réintégration des Migrants en Afrique de l’Ouest, financée par l’Union Européenne et mise en œuvre par l’OIM.

1. Contexte

Abidjan — IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has published the first profiling report on returning Ivorian migrants with the aim to establish a demographic, social and economic profile of the Ivorians who embark on the central Mediterranean route towards Europe.

This inventory — the most comprehensive to date — takes into account the age, gender, region of origin and socio-economic background of the migrants, as well as the drivers and arrangements for the departure, the routes followed, the return and prospects for reintegration.

Bringing war criminals to justice is a cornerstone for building reconciliation and stability in countries emerging from armed conflict. But in Côte d'Ivoire, six years of trials involving 83 suspects have left many people bitter and pessimistic, just as the country starts to gear up for pivotal 2020 elections.

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• 08 mass awareness campaigns on Birth Registration, SGBV, Human Rights and HIV/Aids in Guiglo.
  
• 130 Ivorian Refugees were able to return to Cote D’Ivoire safely from Guinea, Togo and Liberia.
  
• 15 graduates received their installation kits and 196 new students enrolled in the Training center in Tabou

Main Activities

Voluntary Repatriation of Ivorian Refugees

• UN Environment conducted an independent audit of the sites affected by the 2006 waste dumping from the Probo Koala in various parts of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

• The audit finds that none of the sites where waste from the Probo Koala was dumped show contamination exceeding the limits set by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire for remediation. As a result, none of these sites requires additional intervention to clean up contamination from the 2006 dumping event.

$60.4 million is approved to prevent vulnerable children from stunting and help grow with adequate cognitive development and educational attainment

WASHINGTON, January 19, 2018--The World Bank today approved a total amount of $60.4 million (about FCFA32 billion) in the form of a credit from the International Development Association (IDA*--$50 million), and a grant from the Power of Nutrition Trust Fund ($10.4 million), to support the government of Cote d’Ivoire in its efforts to improve nutrition, cognitive development and education attainment for vulnerable children.

Messages clés et recommandations

1. Au-delà du foncier, le sentiment d’inégalités économiques et la figure de l’étranger

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Global estimates suggest that approximately 10 million people worldwide are living without any legal citizenship. Stateless persons face overwhelming obstacles that limit their access to basic entitlements and protections, leaving them vulnerable to discrimination and abuse. Research on health and access to care is generally limited among stateless persons and, currently, there is a dearth of information on statelessness and its relationship to gender based violence (GBV).