Ivorian Government deploys heavy security forces ahead of year-end festivities

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About 17,000 men from the Police (6000), the Gendarmerie (6000) and the Armies (5000) will be deployed throughout the Coted d’Ivoire until January 6, 2022.


These are the volumes of forces and the duration of the engagement of the end-party security operation called “Mirador 2021.”

Through this operation according to information obtained by Liberia Public Radio national Correspondent in Abidjan, it is for the General Staff of the Armies to be better secure this holiday season throughout the country.

“Watchtower” is therefore the symbol of the Security and Defense Forces, which watch and watch to allow the populations to have a pleasant end-of-year party.

During this operation, indicated the General Staff of the Armed Forces, special emphasis on agglomerations, interurban communication routes, and strategic sites.

For this operation, it is said that the police and the gendarmerie which is expected to be at the front line.

The soldiers in this said operation would keep watch at the borders in addition to provide support to the security forces.

The information maintained that the “Mirador 2021” operation aims to secure areas of celebration, places of worship, large gatherings and sites of attraction.

The securing of interurban axes, the regulation of traffic in urban areas and the repression of offenses on the public highway, these forces will also carry out the anti-terrorist watch, the hunt for all forms of delinquency and serious criminality, the statement further stressed.

From the populations, the General Staff of the Armed Forces asks to avoid excesses of all kinds and drivers to comply with the rules of the Highway Code while submitting with courtesy to the controls of the security forces.
The Ivorian Defense and security forces also called on people to avoid public drunkenness and driving while intoxicated.

During this period, the population is expected to respect the measure prohibiting firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices.

In short, the General Staff of the Armed Forces wishes that during this period, the populations complied with the security provisions, which will be regularly, announced (traffic plan, cordoned off area, etc..