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Opération Licorne
Military operation in Côte d'Ivoire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the French peacekeeping operation in Ivory Coast. For the 1970 Opération Licorne in French Polynesia, see Fangataufa § History. For other uses, see Licorne (disambiguation).
Opération Licorne was a French Armed Forces peacekeeping operation in support of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire. The French forces had been stationed in the country since shortly after the outbreak of the Ivorian Civil War. The troops' main mission was to support the United Nations peacekeeping mission and to ensure the security of French and foreign nationals.
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Part of First Ivorian Civil War | |
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Date | 22 September 2002 – 21 January 2015 (2002-09-22 – 2015-01-21)[1] |
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Licorne was replaced on 21 January 2015 by the French forces in Ivory Coast.[2]