Ivory Coast
Despite the signing of a peace accord in Ivory Coast in 2003, the country has continued to be unstable. The peace agreement has only been implemented in part and the parties signed a new peace deal in March 2007. IMS has sought to support measures to ease the internal tensions and to empower media that pursue to constructively defend press freedom and a peaceful resolve of the ongoing conflict.Archive
- A way forward for Côte d’Ivoire’s post-conflict media
- Media infrastructure in Cote d'Ivoire damaged amid political crisis
- Statement, Ivory Coast media, January 2011
- During crisis, calls for solidarity among Cote d’Ivoire’s media
- Ivory Coast media gear up for elections
- Media support underway for election in Cote d'Ivoire
- IMS looking ahead to election in Ivory Coast
- Political differences in Ivory Coast affect the media
Political differences in Ivory Coast affect the media
With a fragile peace agreement in Ivory Coast, the situation for media remains unstable
Divided by political and geographical differences between the Government in the south and the New Forces in the North, Ivory Coast continues to be unstable. A peace agreement signed in 2003 has only been implemented in part. In 2007, renewed talks between the combatant parties lead to the signing of a new peace deal, which raised new hopes for ending the internal conflict.
The general elections, originally set to take place in 2006, were postponed. Thus the reality behind the current peace agreement is still to be put to the test, with a general election having been scheduled to take place in June 2008.
During 2006, IMS assessed and identified possible project activities that could support the independent media community. Following through in 2007, IMS continues to focus on avenues for addressing and countering hate speech conveyed by the media in Ivory Coast.
In June 2007, IMS supported a meeting held in Accra with UNESCO, MFWA, the Freedom of the Press, Ethics and Deontology Observatory (OLPED) and the National Press Council in order to identify additional project proposals. IMS remains ready to react rapidly with support to media practitioners in case of a sudden drastic worsening of the situation in Ivory Coast.
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