Cote d'Ivoire
Casualties and Victim Assistance
Casualties
Casualties Overview
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All known casualties by end 2015 |
33 mine/explosive remnants of war (ERW) casualties (9 killed; 24 injured) |
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Casualties in 2015 |
0 (2014: 1) |
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2015 casualties by outcome |
0 (2014: 1 injured) |
In 2015, no new casualties were reported in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. There has been a significant decrease in the number of ERW casualties reported in Côte d’Ivoire since 2012.
In 2014, the Monitor identified one ERW casualty in Côte d’Ivoire; while farming, a man struck a grenade believed to have been left-over from a conflict in 2011.[1] In 2013, while playing with a hand grenade in the Department of Boundiali, three children were injured.[2] An incident under similar circumstances was reported in 2012 when six boys were injured while playing with an item of ERW.[3]
The Monitor identified a total of 33 ERW casualties in Cote d’Ivoire from 1999 to 2014 (nine people were killed and another 24 injured).[4]
[1] “Une grenade explose dans son champ et lui arrache le bras” (“A grenade exploded in his farm and severed his arm”), linfodrome.com, 30 May 2014.
[2] “Les trois enfants jouaient avec une grenade qu’ils considéraient comme un jouet. Cette dernière finira par exploser” (“Three children were playing with a hand grenade they thought was a toy. It eventually exploded”), Koaci.com, 16 November 2013.
[3] “Yamoussoukro: Une grenade explose en plein jeu d’enfants. 6 blessés dont 3 cas graves” (“Yamoussoukro: A grenade exploded while children play. 6 injured, including three severe cases”), L’Inter, 9 February 2012.
[4] See ICBL, Landmine Monitor Report 2009: Toward a Mine-Free World (Ottawa: Mines Action Canada: October 2009).