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A soldier of the United Nations Operation in Ivory Coast (ONUCI) check weapons seized during the post-election political crisis in Ivory Coast at the military base in Abidjan, on July 12, 2012. The Ivorian government launched a new census of ex-combatants involved in the deadly post-election crisis of 2010-2011 and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara promised to reform the army and to tackle the problem of ex-fighters, many of whom kept weapons. AFP PHOTO/ SIA KAMBOU (Photo by SIA KAMBOU / AFP)
ADAMA TOUNGARA

The European companies that armed the Ivorian civil war

AN OCCRP investigation reveals that Gunvor and Semlex brokered weapons-for-oil deals in early 2011 when Côte d’Ivoire was in crisis, despite a UN arms embargo

  • Khadija Sharife
  • Mark Anderson
  • Sana Sbouai
  • Mathieu Olivier
14 min read