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After a series of political crises, Cote d'Ivoire's armed Conflict, Armed (War) erupted in 2002, leading to the division of the country into government and rebel-controlled areas. Both sides committed grave human rights abuses and hundreds of thousands of civilians fl ed attacks on villages, kidnappings, and severe persecution based on ethnicity, nationality, or political opinion. Especially targeted ... read morewere northern nationals and immigrants from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. Many internally displaced people migrated to urban centers such as Abidjan, Grand Bassam, and Yamoussoukro, but in urban centers they were subject to government harassment, including, in Abidjan, demolition of housing and attacks. Three peace agreements brokered between 2003 and 2005 failed, but the signing of the Ouagadougou Peace Agreement in March 2007 raised hopes for a return to stability, and many IDPs have spontaneously started to return to their areas of origin.read less
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