General information
Type of Incompatibility: Not applicable
Date of first battle related death: 2002-01-01
Date of conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: 2002-10-31
Comment on conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: MPCI first became active as a one-sided actor in UCDP data in 2002, when the one-sided violence resulted in over 25 civilian deaths. The threshold was reached in October that year when MPCI rebels massacred over 60 relatives of gendarmes in Bouaké.
Annual information
This section contains annual information systematically collected by the UCDP.
2002
Primary Parties: MPCI - Civilians
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 106 |
| Best | 106 |
| Low | 99 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2003
Primary Parties: MPCI - Civilians
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 100 |
| Best | 50 |
| Low | 50 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
Conflict Archive
This section contains annual information no longer systematically collected by the UCDP.
2002 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: The first reports of one-sided violence carried out by MPCI came in September, in the wake of the outbreak of the armed conflict. Through the rest of the year there were a few more attacks reported, two of which involved the killing of a large number of people. In October the rebels killed over 60 relatives of gendarmes in Bouaké and in early November they targeted and killed some 35 young people when attacking Sémien village.
Terminated: NO
2003 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: The most prominent incident in 2003 was the killing of at least 50 young women. After a tour of the western part of the country, MPCI leader Guillaume Soro decided that the Liberians and Sierra Leoneans fighting for MPCI’s allies MPIGO and MJP were a political liability. He subsequently ordered a purge and the foreign fighters were driven out of the country. During their time in Ivory Coast the Liberians and Sierra Leoneans had kidnapped many women and kept them as sex slaves. When they were forced to flee they left these women behind and they were subsequently targeted in reprisal killings by MPCI.
Terminated: NO
