Editing History of Ivory Coast (section)

==Second Civil War==
{{main|Second Ivorian Civil War}}
After northern candidate [[Alassane Ouattara]] was declared the victor of the [[Ivorian presidential election, 2010|2010 Ivorian presidential election]] by the country's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), the President of the [[Constitutional Council (Ivory Coast)|Constitutional Council]] and an ally of Gbagbo, declared the results to be invalid and that Gbagbo was the winner. Both Gbagbo and Ouattara claimed victory and took the presidential [[oath of office]]. The international community, including the [[United Nations]], the [[African Union]], the [[Economic Community of West African States]] (ECOWAS), the [[European Union]], the [[United States]], and former colonial power [[France]] affirmed their support for Ouattara and called for Gbagbo to step down. However, negotiations to resolve the dispute failed to achieve any satisfactory outcome. Hundreds of people died in escalating violence between pro-Gbagbo and pro-Ouattara partisans and at least a million people fled, mostly from Abidjan.

International organizations reported numerous instances of human rights violations by both sides, particularly in [[Duékoué]]. The United Nations and French forces took military action to protect their forces and civilians. Ouattara's forces arrested Gbagbo at his residence on  11 April 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/11/ivory-coast-former-leader-arrested|title = Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo arrested – four months on| website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date = 11 April 2011}}</ref>