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Additional Agreement Protocol between the Government of the Republic of Niger and the Union of Armed Resistance Forces (FPLS, MUR, FAR) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Sahara

The Parties agreed to implement the 1995 Agreement, including to demobilise ex-combatants and integrate them into the security units and military and paramilitary units as well as State and mixed economy organisations. The Parties agreed to a general amnesty for persons involved in acts of war before the date of signature of the Agreement. Calming...

Peace Agreements

Agreement between Ivorian Political Leaders

The Parties reaffirmed the sacred right of the Ivorian people to peace and development. They agreed to immediately proceed with the disarmament and dismantling of the militia throughout the country in a process to be led by the Prime Minister. The Parties agreed that the Chiefs of Staff of the National Armed Forces of the...

Peace Agreements

Agreement between the Government of Cote d’Ivoire and Forces Nouvelles

The Parties in the Ouagadougou Accord agreed on the urgent need to build peace and stability; to fight against growing insecurity, unemployment and poverty; to restore the authority of the State over the whole of the national territory; and to guarantee the free movement of persons and goods. The Parties agreed that in relation to...

Peace Agreements

Agreement between the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and MPIGO and MJP

In the Ceasefire Agreement the Parties agreed to cease hostilities to enable the Paris negotiations to begin, during which a comprehensive peace agreement would be negotiated. The Parties further undertook to ensure freedom of movement of persons and property, and freedom of movement of humanitarian agencies and displaced persons.

Peace Agreements

Agreement Establishing a Final Peace between the Government of the Republic of Niger and ORA

The Parties agreed to complete the peace agreement started with the Ouagadougou Agreement of 1994 and to give populations the responsibility of managing their own affairs through a free administration of local authorities based on the principles of decentralisation and deconcentration. The Parties agreed that the territorial division, the organisation and the powers of the...

Peace Agreements

Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali from the Algiers Processes

The Parties agreed that they wish to eliminate the root causes of the conflict, promote true national reconciliation based on a reconsideration of history to create national unity based on respect for diversity, and accelerate the economic, social and cultural development of the North of Mali. The Parties reiterated their commitment to various principles, including...

Truth Commissions

Burkina Faso

The Reform and National Reconciliation Commission, created by the 2014 Transitional Charter, was established with the intent to investigate the causes of human rights violations and to recommend institutional as well as social measures to reconcile communities. The role of the commission was to propose reforms in democratic, economic, cultural and social governance, including a...

Peace Agreements

Ceasefire Agreement in Guinea Bissau

The Parties to the Ceasefire Agreement agreed to the reaffirmation of the public recognition of democratic institutions and legality, as well as creation of conditions which may facilitate the return of refugees and resettlement of displaced persons. In the Abuja Peace Agreement, the Parties reaffirmed the Ceasefire Agreement and agreed to immediately put in place...

Regional Economic Communities Frameworks

Community of Sahel-Saharan States

According to its founding treaty, the objectives of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) are the preservation and consolidation of peace, security and stability in the CEN-SAD zone; promotion of political dialogue and the fight against cross-border crime and its related scourges such as trafficking in drugs, arms and human beings, money-laundering and terrorism; combating...

Transitional Justice Processes

Côte d’Ivoire

For a long time after its independence from France in August 1960, the West African country of Côte d’Ivoire enjoyed relative political and economic stability. Félix Houphouët-Boigny became the country’s first prime minister and, when his party won all the parliamentary seats, he became president. Houphouët-Boigny would go on to win the presidential election for a record...