2002
in
Ivory Coast

Decades:
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
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The following lists events that happened during 2002 in Ivory Coast.

Incumbents

Events

September

  • September 19 - An attempted coup by disaffected former soldiers of Côte d'Ivoire was put down, with the death of the alleged coup leader, General Robert Guéï, a former military dictator of the country. Guéï was killed when his car refused to stop at a roadblock in downtown Abidjan. Rebels continue in control of the cities of Bouaké and Korhogo.

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