Force Structures

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The president is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Day-to-day decisions are made by the minister of defense. There is a chief of the defense staff.

Very little reliable information regarding the Ivory Coast armed forces is available. The Ivorian military is still rebuilding from two civil wars at the turn of the century, as well as subsequent political turmoil. After Ivorian President Koudou Laurent Gbagbo refused to cede his office to the internationally recognized...

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