[ Bouaké, ancienne « capitale de la rébellion armée », face au défi sécuritaire (Côte d’Ivoire) ]
Volume 39, Issue 4, June 2023, Pages 1747–1760
Yapi Atsé Calvin1, DOHO BI Tchan André2, and BOHOUSSOU N’Guessan Séraphin3
1 Maître-Assistant, Université Alassane OUATTARA, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Maître de Conférences à l’Université Alassane OUATTARA, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Maître de Conférences à l’Université Alassane OUATTARA, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The galloping urbanisation observed in developing countries is accompanied by numerous security challenges. Bouaké, the «capital of the rebellion» during the political-military crisis of 2002 to 2011, is increasingly faced with a rise in insecurity in all its forms. The objective of the study is to understand the reasons for the increase in insecurity in the city of Bouaké. Various techniques and methodological approaches were used to conduct the study. These were: documentary research, collection of statistical data, interviews with the heads of the security services and city managers, and a questionnaire survey addressed to households that experience these attacks on a daily basis. The results showed that insecurity is growing, as 35.17% of the heads of households interviewed had been victims or witnesses of aggression, compared to 64.83% who said they had never been victims or witnesses. Secondly, the rise in insecurity can be explained by poor security coverage, the deterioration of roads (47.13%) and unemployment. Finally, the strategies adopted to combat insecurity are ineffective. It is therefore urgent that the state sets up an anti-insecurity brigade in Bouaké, like the one that exists in Abidjan, whose results have so far been reassuring.
Author Keywords: Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, armed rebellion, security challenge.
Volume 39, Issue 4, June 2023, Pages 1747–1760
Yapi Atsé Calvin1, DOHO BI Tchan André2, and BOHOUSSOU N’Guessan Séraphin3
1 Maître-Assistant, Université Alassane OUATTARA, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Maître de Conférences à l’Université Alassane OUATTARA, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Maître de Conférences à l’Université Alassane OUATTARA, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The galloping urbanisation observed in developing countries is accompanied by numerous security challenges. Bouaké, the «capital of the rebellion» during the political-military crisis of 2002 to 2011, is increasingly faced with a rise in insecurity in all its forms. The objective of the study is to understand the reasons for the increase in insecurity in the city of Bouaké. Various techniques and methodological approaches were used to conduct the study. These were: documentary research, collection of statistical data, interviews with the heads of the security services and city managers, and a questionnaire survey addressed to households that experience these attacks on a daily basis. The results showed that insecurity is growing, as 35.17% of the heads of households interviewed had been victims or witnesses of aggression, compared to 64.83% who said they had never been victims or witnesses. Secondly, the rise in insecurity can be explained by poor security coverage, the deterioration of roads (47.13%) and unemployment. Finally, the strategies adopted to combat insecurity are ineffective. It is therefore urgent that the state sets up an anti-insecurity brigade in Bouaké, like the one that exists in Abidjan, whose results have so far been reassuring.
Author Keywords: Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, armed rebellion, security challenge.
Abstract: (french)
L’urbanisation galopante observée dans les pays en développement est accompagnée par de nombreux défis sécuritaires. Bouaké, « la capitale de la rébellion », lors de la crise politico-militaire de 2002 à 2011 est de plus en plus confrontée à une montée de l’insécurité sous toutes ses formes. L’objectif de l’étude vise à comprendre les mobiles de la recrudescence de l’insécurité dans la ville de Bouaké. Pour conduire l’étude, diverses techniques et démarches méthodologiques ont été utilisées. Ce sont: la recherche documentaire, la collecte des données statistiques, les entretiens avec les responsables des services de sécurité ainsi que les gestionnaires de la ville et l’enquête par questionnaire adressée aux ménages qui vivent au quotidien ces agressions. Les résultats ont relevé que, l’insécurité est grandissante, car 35,17% des chefs de ménages interrogés ont été victimes ou témoins d’agression contre 64,83% ayant indiqué n’avoir jamais été victimes ou témoins. Ensuite, la montée de l’insécurité s’explique par la faible couverture sécuritaire, la dégradation des routes (47,13%) et le chômage. Enfin, les stratégies de lutte contre l’insécurité adoptées pour y faire face sont inefficaces. Il est donc urgent que l’État installe à Bouaké une brigade de lutte contre l’insécurité à l’instar de celle qui existe à Abidjan dont les résultats sont pour l’heure rassurants.
Author Keywords: Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, rébellion armée, défi sécuritaire.
How to Cite this Article
Yapi Atsé Calvin, DOHO BI Tchan André, and BOHOUSSOU N’Guessan Séraphin, “Bouaké, the former « capital of the armed rebellion », faced with the security challenge (Ivory Coast),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 1747–1760, June 2023.
