Ivory Coast to resettle 18,000 ex-combattants

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Cote d’Ivoire plans to socially resettle 18,000 ex-combatants very soon, the spokesman for the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Authority (ADDR) Boureima Ould Aidara said Monday. ex-combatants
Aidara who was speaking in Abidjan, urged the concerned youths to come out so that they can be integrated in socio-professional programs.
He said the socio-economic integration of ex-combatants during the post-election crisis had recorded real progress with over 60 percent of the 74,000 ex-combatants having been reintegrated socially in the last two years.
“The president of the republic has instructed us to resolve the issue of ex-combattants by the end of June,” he noted.
The youth took up arms at the height of the 2010-2011 post- election violence, fighting either on the side of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo or the current president Alassane Ouattara.
Disarmament and reintegration of the ex-combatants constitutes a major step towards the process of restoration of normalcy in the country.
According to ADDR, thousands of ex-combatants have already been resettled in diverse sectors such as customs authority and agribusiness while others were employed as forest rangers.
The demobilization and reintegration of the ex-combatants will cost a total of 140 million euros, an official source said recently. Enditem

Source: Xinhua

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