Second Ivorian Civil War

Second Ivorian Civil War
	Part of the Ivorian Civil Wars
	; Map of the March 2011 Republican Forces (RFCI) offensive. Territory held by the RFCI prior to March 2011 is shown in orange.
Date	28 November 2010 – 11 April 2011; (4 months and 2 weeks)
Location	Ivory Coast
Result	Ouattara/UN/French victory Gbagbo capture;
Belligerents
Military of Ivory Coast; Liberian mercenaries; COJEP; FPI	FNCI; Liberian mercenaries; RDR; UNOCI; France; Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Laurent Gbagbo ; Gilbert Aké; (Captured after war's end); Michel Amani	Alassane Ouattara; Guillaume Soro; Benjamin Yeaten; Choi Young-jin; Nicolas Sarkozy; Viktor Yanukovych
Strength
Unknown	Unknown (New Forces); 10,000 (United Nations)
Casualties and losses
44–61 security forces killed (before March)	50+ killed (RDR); 2 killed (FNCI); 2 killed (UNOCI) (before March)
	3,000 killed overall

The Second Ivorian Civil War broke out in March 2011 when the crisis in Ivory Coast escalated into full-scale military conflict between forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, the President of Ivory Coast since 2000, and supporters of the internationally recognised president-elect Alassane Ouattara.

After months of unsuccessful negotiations and sporadic violence between supporters of the two sides, the crisis entered a critical stage as Ouattara's forces seized control of most of the country with the help of the UN, with Gbagbo entrenched in Abidjan, the country's largest city. International organizations have reported numerous instances of human rights violations by both sides, in particular in the city of Duékoué where Ouattara's forces killed hundreds of people. Around 3,000 people were killed in the conflict. UN and French forces took military action, with the stated objective to protect their forces and civilians. France's forces arrested Gbagbo at his residence on 11 April 2011.