International Conflicts, 1816-2010. Militarized Interstate Dispute Narratives - Douglas M. Gibler

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MID#4309


Dispute Number: 4309
Date(s): March 4, 1996 to September 4, 1996
Participants: 438 Guinea/437 Ivory Coast
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Guinean forces took a village across the border in Cote d’Ivoire.
Coding changes: End Date changed from Missing.


437 Ivory Coast/450 Liberia


MID#3954


Dispute Number: 3954
Date(s): January 4, 1990
Participants: 450 Liberia/437 Ivory Coast
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: President Samuel Doe of Liberia told Ivory Coast that he would send
troops across the border into Ivory Coast to stop “dissident incursions” if the Ivorian
government failed to stop the incursions.


MID#4358


Dispute Number: 4358
Date(s): December 2, 2002 to January 22, 2003
Participants: 450 Liberia/437 Ivory Coast
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Liberia reinforced its border in December 2002 amid unrest in Cote
d’Ivoire. On January 22, 2003, forces from both countries engaged in a brief clash.


437 Ivory Coast/475 Nigeria


MID#4085


Dispute Number: 4085
Date(s): April 20, 1993 to May 28, 1993
Participants: 475 Nigeria/437 Ivory Coast
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On February 27, 1993, Nigerian air forces bombed the border region
of Liberia and Ivory Coast. Nigerian officials claimed that the forces were part of
the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG)

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