6 things you need to know about Côte d’Ivoire in the wake of Sunday’s attack (op-ed)
6 things you need to know about Côte d’Ivoire in the wake of Sunday’s attack (op-ed)
- March 18, 2016
- Political science grad student Carrie Reiling explains, courtesy of The Washington Post
On Sunday, March 13, in Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire, at least 15 civilians and three
soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack that surprised many in the country, which
is emerging from a decade of conflict and electoral crises into one of Africa’s fastest-growing
economies. … We ask and answer six questions about Sunday’s attack and the general
Ivorian context.
[Justine Davis is a PhD candidate in political science at UC Berkeley. Carrie Reiling
(@careiling) is a PhD candidate in political science at UC Irvine. Justine was a Fulbright-Clinton
fellow in Côte d’Ivoire in 2012-2013 and Carrie was a Fulbright research fellow there
in 2014-2015.]
For the full story, please visit https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/03/15/6-things-you-need-to-know-about-cote-divoire-in-the-wake-of-sundays-attack/.
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