scholarly journals Violence Syndicale Estudiantine Dans Les Universités Publiques De Côte d’Ivoire : Perceptions Et Enjeux

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 379
Author(s):  
Diarassouba Ibrahima
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Student Union ◽  
Trade Unionism ◽  
Student Violence ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One

During the decades 1990-2010 that followed the introduction of the multiparty system in 1990, the educational environment in particular the academic institutions in Côte d’Ivoire were greatly affected by the recurrence of student union violence. With the "new departure" which marks a new dynamics of the universities by a break with the practices which have begun their normal functioning based on the effect of giving them their luster from before, we have noted the survival of this violence. The aim of this study is to discover, on the one hand, the perception that student unionists have about violence and, on the other hand, to analyze the stakes involved in the systematic use of violence by these unionized students during the two decades of 1990- 2010 to understand the survival of this phenomenon in the context of "new departure". To achieve this, we have chosen the six (06) unions that have marked the history of student violence the more during the period 1990-2010. With the aid of semi-directive interviews, we have collected the data which reveal the perception that violence for the trade unions is a legitimate and legal act according to their own statute and internal regulations. It shows that there is a congenital link between trade unionism and politics. Therefore, trade unionism cannot be exercised without politics. Under the stakes, it appears that violence is an indicator of trade union dynamism for political positioning; that it confers power by the domination of public spaces such as universities.

scholarly journals A Country Study of Côte d’Ivoire in relation to its banking sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Zimy Samuel Yannick Gahe ◽  
Zhao Hongzhong ◽  
Thierry Belinga
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Open Market ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
The One

The objective of this paper is to analyze the external environment of the Ivorian banking sector to identify relevant factors that may affect it somehow. To do so, we use the Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, Technological and Legal (PESTL) basic framework as inspiration to implement our analytical process. We conduct our analysis by looking at factual elements and secondary data collected from trustworthy institutions. On the one hand, it appears that Côte d’Ivoire is a well-positioned country with numerous endowments, important investments opportunities, and a relatively open market. Banks can take advantage of the country’s development trend by managing and channeling the inflow of money. On the other hand, socio-political unrests, regional issues, and corruption are threats. Moreover, the strategic role of this country seems to be a significant factor to consider in relation to competition, political actions, and bank regulation.

scholarly journals L’influence De La Contrebande Sur Le Developpement De La Ville Frontaliere De Niable Au Centre-Est De La Cote d’Ivoire

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 313
Author(s):  
Atta Koffi ◽  
Gogbe Téré ◽  
Kouassi Nguessan Gilbert ◽  
Kouadio Datté Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
The Other ◽  
Spatial Change ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Border Town ◽  
The One ◽  
The Town

In the border town of Niablé, smuggling is omnipresent. The operation of this activity is based on the one hand, on social cultural relationship between neigh boring populations, and on the other hand on monetary disparities between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Without denying the truth fullness of such an activity, smugglers, organized in a highly hierarchical system operate according to a strict behavioral code where one’s given word and mutual confidence are the sole modus operandi. It permits them to bring goods of diverse natures (oil products, food, pharmaceuticals, second-hand clothes drinks, etc.) in Niablé. Thus, this activity seems to be a real opportunity for these smugglers, longing for the improvement of their welfare. Besides, the smuggling allows its actors to contribute to the town’s blossoming. Such a perception of smuggling gives an idea of the animation going on in this border town. In a word, though we want it or not smuggling participates in the socio-spatial change of the town even if sometimes, it stands as an obstacle to its development. Through this contribution, we are willing to show the operation of smuggling and its influence on the town of Niablé.

scholarly journals Information, Opinion, or Rumor? The Role of Twitter During the Post-Electoral Crisis in Côte d’Ivoire

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 205630511876573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja Schreiner
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Media Freedom ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Political Crises ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The One

On the African continent, the use of Internet and social media has been growing at an incredible speed in the past decade. Social media have thus been used in an array of instances such as election periods, natural disasters, and political crises. However, previous research on social media has barely taken a look at the use of social media during war. By investigating on the use of Twitter during the post electoral crisis in Côte d’Ivoire in 2010/2011, this study wants to emphasize the potential of social media for the development of democracy in the context of crisis, war, and limited media freedom. Through a content analysis of Twitter and qualitative expert interviews with Ivoirian bloggers, this study found that Twitter was mainly used for political debate and crowdsourcing information. The crisis turning over to a civil war, the network was used in particular by a small group of active citizens and bloggers, operating as technically versed opinion leaders, to provide humanitarian help for the population caught in the crisis. Results further showed that mobile devices played a crucial role for the use of Twitter within the country and indicated that the post electoral crisis considerably contributed to the discovery of Twitter in Côte d’Ivoire. A central finding is that Twitter, on the one hand, was used for diffusing false information and expressing verbal violence and, on the other hand, it served to verify information and throwback rumors.

scholarly journals Les Altérations Hydrothermales Associées À La Minéralisation Aurifère Du Gisement De Dougbafla (District d’Oumé-Hiré, Centre-Ouest De La Côte d’Ivoire)

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (30) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Ouattara Aboubakar Sidik ◽  
Coulibaly Yacouba ◽  
Kouadio Fossou J-L. H.
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Quartz Vein ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Gold Mineralization ◽  
West African ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
West African Craton ◽  
Quartz Veins ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
The One

The Dougbafla gold deposit is located in the West-Central part of Côte d’Ivoire at about 240 km from Abidjan, on the Birimian greenstone belt of Fettèkro (West African craton). The lithologies of this deposit can be divided into three lithotectonic units which correspond to volcanic, sedimentary, and plutonic assemblages metamorphosed in the shale facies. Hydrothermalism, on the one hand, caused a pervasive alteration of the primary paragenesis marked by sericitic, silica, and carbonate alteration. On the other hand, it causes a vein alteration materialized by quartz veins. These hydrothermal alterations induced two types of gold mineralization in the Dougbafla deposit. These are: (i) disseminated gold and sulphide mineralization in the granophyre associated with sericite, silica and dolomite alteration in which no quartz vein has been reported; this type however is controlled by the intrusion of granophyre and (ii) a quartz vein mineralization controlled by deformation.

The Hidden History of the West African Wager: Or, How Comparison with Ghana Made Côte d’Ivoire

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 29-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Prosperetti
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
West African ◽  
African History ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The West ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Kwame Nkrumah ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
History Of

Abstract:The famous 1957 wager between Félix Houphouët-Boigny of Côte d’Ivoire and Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana is a signal event in modern African history. Yet it has never been adequately historicized. How did this fateful meeting come about? An archival discovery reveals the hidden history of the wager’s construction. This wager inaugurated a tradition of comparison between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire that shaped both the ways that Côte d’Ivoire was seen by social scientists and the ways that Ivorians saw themselves.

A Traditional History of the Konyan (15th-16th Century): Vase Camara's Epic of Musadu

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 49-85
Author(s):  
Tim Geysbeek
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Language Group ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Village

In an oral discourse passed down through many generations, the village elder Vase Kamara describes how a slave named Zo Musa Kòma founded the ancient town of Musadu in Guinea-Conakry, and he explains how the legendary Kamara ancestor Foningama later became a leader in Musadu. We tentatively date some elements of the Zo Musa stories to about the fourteenth and fifteenth century, when the Manding began to assimilate and push the Southwestern and Eastern Mande-speaking peoples from the Musadu area in the Konyan to the forest. Some of the Foningama related accounts seem to correspond to the era when the Kamara who settled in the Konyan became active in the sixteenth-century Mane “invasions.”Stories about Musadu's founding provide information about these movements and help bridge the histories of the savanna and forest peoples who live in Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, and Liberia. The Musadu legend links the Konyaka to their kinsmen who live in the traditional heartland of the Mali empire in present-day northern Guinea and southern Mali. In addition, some Manding, Vai, Loma, Gola, Kpelle, Konor, Dan, and Mano trace their origins to Musadu, and reflect one Loma writer's claim that “all of the tribes in Liberia are from Musadu, or have some association with Musadu” (Korvali 1960:7).The main actors are Manding (Mandekan) speakers who migrated to the Mau/Gbè and Konyan regions of western Côte d'Ivoire and southern Guinea respectively. The Mauka/Gbèka and Konyaka are members of the Northern Mande language group and are classified as Maninka (Malinke). The Bamana (Bambara), Dyula (Jula), and Vai are other Northern Mande speakers. Vase claims that Foningama was Manding, and that Zo Musa was Kpelle. The Kpelle, Loma, and Konor are Southwestern Mande speakers, and the Dan (Gio) and Mano are Eastern Mande speakers.

Outbreak of Beriberi in a Prison in Côte D'Ivoire

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Ahoua ◽  
William Etienne ◽  
Florence Fermon ◽  
Graziella Godain ◽  
Vincent Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Attack Rate ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Food Supplementation ◽  
Case Patient ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Probable Case ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
History Of

Background A beriberi outbreak occurred in the Maison d'Arrêt et de Correction d'Abidjan (MACA), a detention center in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, between October 2002 and April 2003. Objective A retrospective investigation was conducted to document the outbreak in April 2003. Methods A descriptive analysis and a case–control study were performed. A probable case patient was defined as a person detained in the center between October 2002 and April 2003 with at least two of the following symptoms: bilateral leg edema, dyspnea, positive squat test, motor deficiencies, and paresthesia. A definite case patient was defined as a probable case patient who showed clinical improvement under thiamin treatment. Results Of 712 cases reported, 115 (16%) were probable and 597 (84%) were definite. The overall attack rate was 14.1%, and the case fatality rate was 1.0% (7/712). The highest attack rate was reported in the building housing prisoners with long-term sentences (16.9%). All patients were male, and the mean age was 28 years. During the period studied, the penal ration provided a fifth of the quantity of thiamin recommended by international standards. After adjustment for potential confounders, a history of cholera infection (adjusted odds ratio [ORa], 12.9; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.9 to 54.1) and incarceration in the building for severe penalties (ORa, 4.8; 95% CI, 1.3 to 18.5) were associated with the disease. Conclusions Beriberi has been underreported among prisoners. Further attention should be given to its risk factors, especially a history of acute diarrhea. Systematic food supplementation with vitamins and micronutrients should be discussed when the penal ration does not provide the necessary nutrient intake recommended according to international standards.

Islam and its role in the civilizational development of Côte d’Ivoire

2021 ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Lubov M. Sadovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Collective Consciousness ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Political Crises ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
History Of ◽  
Organizational Cohesion

  The article analyzes the evolution of Islam in Côte d’Ivoire in the light of the profound changes that have taken place in the country since independence in 1960 and up to the present day. The author explores the reasons for the rapid increase in the number of Islamized residents compared to other West African countries, especially during the first 30 years of independent development. This was a period of awakening of the collective consciousness and organizational cohesion of Ivorian Muslims. The second stage, since the first multiparty elections in the early 1990s, is associated with the politicization of religion, with a new form of Islamic religious culture, especially in cities - proselytism. The tariqas, due to their lack of organization, play a secondary role in the modern history of the Muslim societies of Côte d’Ivoire. In addition, the modernization processes have further weakened their influence. Spiritual brotherhoods did not become a barrier to the spread of reformist teachings that were associated with Sunni Islam, a departure from Sufi spirituality. The reformist elite of the Ivorian Muslim community made extensive use of the Quranic concept of da'wa in their religious propaganda, with its ideology borrowed from the Arab-Islamic world. Its main goal was the re-islamization of Muslim society, the introduction of political Islam.  The paper examines the problems of relations between Ivorian Muslims and Christians, which have not always been peaceful, especially during periods of military and political crises, when they were intertwined with ethnic ones. The coming to power in 2011 of A.Ouattara, the first Muslim president, contributed to the preservation of a stable balance between faiths thanks to his clerical policy.

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