Glossary of Acronyms

AGEECI

Association Générale des Élèves et Étudiants de Côte d'Ivoire (General Student Association of Côte d'Ivoire).

APDH

Actions pour la Protection des Droits de l'Homme (Actions for the Protection of Human Rights).

CECOS

Centre de Commandement des Opérations de Sécurité (SecurityOperationsCommandCenter), an elite rapid-reaction force charged with fighting crime in Abidjan whose members are drawn from the army, the gendarmerie, and the police.

COJEP

Congrès Panafricain des Jeunes Patriotes (Panafrican Congress of Young Patriots), commonly known as the Jeunes Patriotes (Young Patriots).

CROU

Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires (University Accommodations Center).

FANCI

Forces Armées Nationales de Côte d'Ivoire (National Armed Forces of Côte d'Ivoire).

FDS

Forces de Défense et de Sécurité (Defense and Security Forces), a term used to refer collectively to the army (FANCI), the gendarmerie, and the police.

FESCI

Fédération Estudiantine et Scolaire de Côte d'Ivoire (Student Federation of Côte d'Ivoire).

FN

Forces Nouvelles (New Forces), alliance of three different armed movements that initiated the rebellion in the north of Côte d'Ivoire in 2002.

FPI

Front Populaire Ivoirien (Popular Ivorian Front), the ruling party of President Laurent Gbagbo.

JFPI

Jeunesse du FPI (Youth wing of the FPI party).

JRDR

Jeunesse du RDR (Youth wing of the RDR party).

LIDHO

Ligue Ivoirienne des Droits de l'Homme (Ivorian League for Human Rights).

MIDH

Movement Ivoirien des Droits de l'Homme (Ivorian Movement for Human Rights).

MJP

Movement pour la Justice et la Paix (Movement for Justice and Peace), armed rebel movement that emerged in Western Côte d'Ivoire in 2002, later integrated into the New Forces.

MPCI

Mouvement Patriotique de Côte d'Ivoire (Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire), armed rebel group who seized control of northern Côte d'Ivoire in 2002, the largest single constituent of the New Forces.

MPIGO

Mouvement Populaire Ivoirien du Grand Ouest (Ivorian Popular Movement for the Great West), armed rebel movement that emerged in Western Côte d'Ivoire in 2002, later integrated into the New Forces.

ODELMU

Observatoire des Droits et des Libertés en Milieu Universitaire (University Rights and Freedoms Watch).

ONUCI

Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire (United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire).

PCRCI

Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire de Côte d'Ivoire (Revolutionary Communist Party of Côte d'Ivoire), opposition party led by Ekissi Achy.

PDCI-RDA

Parti Démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire – Rassemblement Démocratique Africain (Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – Democratic African Gathering), the ruling party from independence in 1960 until the 1999 coup d'état. Currently an opposition party led by former president Henri Konan Bédié.

RDR

Rassemblement des Républicains (Rally of Republicans), opposition party led by former prime minister Alassane Dramane Ouattara.

RHDP

Rassemblement des Houphouétistes pour la Démocratie et la Paix (Gathering of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace), alliance of opposition parties including the PDCI, RDR, and UDPCI.

RTI

Radio-Télévision Ivoirienne (Ivorian Radio-Television), the national television station.

SOAF

Solidarité Africaine (African Solidarity).

UDPCI

Union pour la Démocratie et la Paix en Côte d'Ivoire (Union for Democracy and Peace), opposition party created by Côte d'Ivoire's former military ruler, General Robert Gueï, currently led by Albert Mabri Toikeusse.

UPLTCI

Union pour la Liberation Totale de la Côte d'Ivoire (The Union for the Total Liberation of Côte d'Ivoire).