Xi- Cost of Compensation and Reparations for the Relatives of the Victims Who Were Eri-Usa Members Who Were Assassinated, Raped, Tortured, and Pillaged

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ABIDJAN OCTOBER 12 2015

CASE OF COURT REFFERAL N:01 For the attention of Mrs. ANNIE GOEKE, co-founder and co-director of ERI-USA

Seeking reparations from the state of the Ivory Coast for its crimes, which include murder, rape, and pillage, perpetrated against ERI between 2008 and 2010 in Katiola, in the north of the Ivory Coast, by Ivorian soldiers under the command and orders of Mr. SORRO Kigbafori Guillaume, along with the Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and General Secretary of the Armed Forces of the New Forces (FAFN)

I- GENERAL PRESENTATION OF THE REFFERAL REPORT Earth Rights Institute (ERI), an international humanitarian organization for the rights of the Earth, humans, and sustainable development, affiliated with the United Nations, has the honor of informing you of the crimes perpetrated against them by Katiola of Niellé, between 2008 and 2010, by the Ivorian military at the orders of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense at the time, SEM. SORO Kigbafori Guillaume and ask for reparations.

Between 2008 and 2010, the Ivorian military, directly placed under the authority, command, orders, and control of Katiola à Niellé, systematically pillaged our organizations and our projects, assassinated five of our humanitarian aid workers for their motorcycles and work tools, injuring others, raped our trainees, occupied our headquarters, and took twenty years of our original research while the region where we worked to help the population overcome poverty, drought, and the effect of greenhouse gas emissions, was not in a state of war. The only army that was in the area was under Prime Minister SORRO Guillaume.

This is because we are simply opposed to the systematic pillaging of the millions of trees we have planted and maintained for twenty years, in the north of the Ivory Cost, at the request of the Ivorian government. Numerous partners funded us including the UNDP-FEM for creating a great green wall on the Ivorian- Burkina Faso/Mali border to save the climate, fight against drought, curb desertification, and allow local communities to live without destroying biodiversity. Ivorian officials, unhappy, ordered Ivorian soldiers to go assassinate our humanitarians aid workers to seize our capital and property, to occupy our headquarters and pillage our sites, torture, and rape our female humanitarian aid workers and contaminate them with HIV-AIDS and tuberculosis.

The reason for this aggression is because Earth Rights Institute has always sought to help the populations in Katiola and Dabakala, notably women and children, that these soldiers plundered, raped, or hurt routinely. Unhappy with our assistance of these groups, they ordered these same soldiers to go pillage twenty years worth of scientific research on local Ivorian rice (Katiola 10 tons, certified by the West African Rice Development Association), in order to obtain data on medicinal plants and wild savanna

plants, including the central herbarium created by Pr. Aké Assy Laurent, and transfer them out of the Ivory Coast.

ERI is an American based 501 C 3 international humanitarian organization, affiliated with the United Nations, for the rights of the Earth and man, protection of the environment and climate and sustainable development. It is responsible for numerous projects in the Ivory Coast.

We have repeatedly lodged complaints against the perpetrators of the crime, to the army leaders in Bouaké and Abidjan without further action, but each time we did we were invited to address their supervisors in the person of Prime Minister M. SORRO Guillaume, at the office of the Prime Minister in Abidjan. We then held him liable for the crimes because, up until March 13 2010, he was the supervisor of all the Ivorian military and the General Secretary of the troops based in the north. On April 10, 2010 a representation agreement to our organization, was signed by our minister responsible, SE. M KACOU Gervais, who advised us to take a path of dialogue, a path we have taken to this day.

Seized of the matter, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense at the time official invited us to the Prime Minister’s office in April 2010 for a peaceful settlement of this problem, seeing that the families of the victims and our partners had all demanded reparations. He then charged his special advisor, M. ZIRGIA J. Otémé to apologize and to make a commitment to correct these abuses, after editing the final case of the amount of compensations and reparations due, under the coordination of his closest collaborators.

Upon opening of the first working session, his counselors, high ranking Ivorian government officials, having been so affected by the gravity of the facts of the case that they unanimously strongly condemned the rapes, assassinations, murders and pillages perpetrated by the soldiers against our humanitarian aid workers, organization, and our projects because these crimes were contrary to their mission, especially that the northern region was not in a state of war.

As such, their chief, Mr. ZIRIGA, observed a minute of silence in the memory our humanitarians who were assassinated and expressed his compassion for the victims of rape, torture, and pillage. Thus, during the three months, in the annex of the Prime Minister Office, we worked regularly, calmly, with these high ranking government officials to finalize two types of files: the file of the murdered, associated with the Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, and that of the devastations and systematic plunders against our projects, attributed to his advisor, M. Doumbia Emile. Furthermore, these advisors had recommended that the Prime Minister immediately give condolences to the families of those who were assassinated and raped and be responsible for the women who were raped by his servicemen, then compensate them. They also recommended that he compensate and restore our properties that were plundered and devastated and restitute our organization’s thirty years of research, taken outside of the country by Ivorian soldiers.

According to these same experts at the office of the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister, Mister of Defense, and the General Secretary of the FAFN had well-received the final file and made a commitment to compensate us promptly for all the murders, rapes, torture, pillage, and abuse committed by his soldiers, including restitution of our headquarters. This is what we waited for till 2012. The commitment to compensate our victims quickly was a great relief for us all because this signified the determination of the Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, by extension the government of the Ivory Coast, to see this problem resolved through dialogue, like they have done in the case of Lycée Français Jean Mermoz de Cocody, by favoring a path of diplomatic dialogue.

Our case of court referral is not new. This is the first one to have been treated officially and in a consensual manner by the Ivorian government at the time, between our two parties at the Prime Minister’s Office in

2010, at the demand of the Prime Minister or SEM. GBAGBO Laurent who was president of the republic and SEM. SORRO Kigbafori Guillaume, the Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, and the General Secretary of the FAFN. It has been the object of a follow-up by our tutelage, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Since March 2012, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense has left the Prime Minister’s office for the Presidency of the National Assembly and to become the second head of the state, without compensating us nor pursuing the culprits of these crimes, allowing them to go unpunished to commit more crimes, rapes, murders, pillages, and tortures like they did to us until the end of 2010, when there was no war in that part of the country and when we had brought a large amount of prosperity to the region.

We brought up the issue to the commission for Dialogue, Truth, and Reconciliation (CDVR), ran by President Charles Konan Banny because these rapes, murders, tortures, systematic pillages and abuses continued and intensified, leading to a forced shutdown of our activities in the region, at a moment where the populations desperately need us to help them overcome hunger, misery, unemployment, poverty, and disease. Our program to build a “Great Green Belt of the North” to fight climate change, food insecurity and poverty served as a model and a strong positive example for others. The officials of the CDVR, very sensibly, told us a way forward.

So, it is in his capacity and by virtue of its discretionary powers, in the name of the Ivory Coast, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense did not stop the assassination, rapes, and pillages of our humanitarian aid workers. It is also in the virtue of these same powers that he held the meeting at the Prime Minister’s office, in which he created the goal of compensating the victims as quickly as possible. The Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense were certainly held responsible, especially the state of the Ivory Coast, under virtue of articles 5,6,7,8, and 28 regarding international jurisdictions.

Also, the fact that the vehicles were specifically constructed for pillage and transport of our thirty years of research, under the threat of firearms, out of the Ivory Coast, although a testament to their scientific importance for humanity, shows that these crimes were premeditated and deliberate, preventing us from developing the northern region of the country, already below the overall level of development.

The government at the time used the motorcycles seized by the soldiers who assassinated our humanitarian aid workers for their own benefit. The pillage by the military of millions of trees that we planted over the course of twenty years, to fight against climate change through our project the Great Green Wall of the North of the Ivory Coast, extended to Burkina Faso and Mali, gave them immense fortunes, specifically from the numerous sawmills created to build the wall. The pillage by these soldiers, in the neighboring states, of materials and equipment of the German International Institute of Zoology ran by Pr. Lisenmellier, our partner, also enriched them.

It is in regard to all these crimes of the state, deliberated and planned, gone unpunished, that ERU-USA claim reparations because, our organization and its members have been victims of acts of torture, systematic pillage, qualify by virtue of these crimes of war and crimes against humanity.

During the working session of May 18 2015, held with the members of the National Commission for Reconciliation and Compensation for Victims of the Crises in the Ivory Coast (CONARIV), it is apparent

that our organization only took into account cases of compensation for the victims who were members of the ERI, while, during these tragic events, close relatives of those who have also been victims of the same violence, torture and pillage were not compensated. Thus, we have invited them to quantify the total cost of these reparations, which came up to ninety-two billion, sixty-five million, eight hundred and eight thousand, three hundred and forty six (92,065,808,346) francs, about 156,381,986.68 USD.

The total (92,065,808,346 FCFA) breaks down to: 14,995,488,348 FCFA for the reparations to personnel of ERI-USA, 73,900,320,000 FCFA for the reparations to the programs of ERI-USA, and 3,170,000 FCFA for the reparations to the close relatives of ERI. The initial cost was 88,995,773,346.

The Office of the Prime Minister-Minister of Defense should have exercised control over his troops and equipped them in an appropriate matter so that they do not have to assassinate, torture, rape, and pillage as they please innocent victims, among whom were our humanitarian aid workers, just to seize their working tools.

In a way, in this part of the country where war never comes, the local populations and our organization that fights climate change and poverty, were victims of deliberate and premeditated crimes, tortures, murders, rapes, and systematic pillages. All the natives of the north are informed of the persecution ERI has undergone in Katiola and Dabakala. Their condolences and condemnations remain living testimonies to our work there.

Earth Rights Institute condemns those who ordered the soldiers to go assassinate these humanitarian aid workers, just to seize their work tools and property, and to go torture and rape our female humanitarian aid workers, giving some of them sexually transmitted diseases in the process. ERI-USA condemns the pillage of twenty years of scientific research on local Ivorian rice (Katiola 10 tons), medicinal plants, and herbs and its transport out of the Ivory Coast, and asks for reparations in order to help our constituency. ERI condemns the arbitrary occupation of its headquarters, the pillage of all its properties, and the cutting of the millions of tress that we planted in the north to fight against drought, desertification, and protect the environment and the climate. ERI-USA is pleased to have been the premier organization to have worked on ending war in the Ivory Coast and also to be the first to help populations under our humanitarian emergency plan, at a time of acute crisis in the country. These very positive results would not have been possible without our supervisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Also, at the demand of our headquarters in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California and at the instruction of its General Director, Mrs. Annie GOEKE, we have the honor of transmitting our Report of Court Referral to you. This will allow victims to be compensated fairly and allow our organization and our international partners to resume, in complete safety, our mission to fight against climate change, food insecurity, and poverty to create sustainable development.

1.1- General Presentation of the Earth Rights Institute

ERI-USA is an American international organization for human rights, peace, rights of the Earth and sustainable development, a non-profit 501.C3, affiliated with the United Nations

They have a universal jurisdiction They have obtained an establishment agreement from the Ivorian government on April 2, 2010. From that date, all the projects and programs of development, initiated since 1992 by Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé in Africa in general and in the Ivory Coast in particular, like the project in Katiola, supported by international partners in development, belong to the heritage of the Earth Rights Institute. The headquarters that jointly manages operations in Africa is situated in Santa Monica, Los Angeles. The regional office for operations in Africa, equally in charge of the Ivory Coast, is in Abidjan. Earth Rights Institute is committed to guaranteeing peace and justice by establishing a worldwide dynamic network of motivated people with specific skills, supporting policies and programs that defend democratic rights, and finally building green communities. Our vision of the world is that of global society based on ecological values where basic needs are assured to tall, where the Earth and the climate is protected and conserved and where clean communities are developed. Earth Rights Institute supports the right of man to live on a clean planet, from this core belief comes the meaning of “Earth Rights Institute.”

1.2- The reasons of the presence of the ERI in the north of the Ivory Coast, of their contribution to the reduction of the impact of climate change, poverty, inequalities, and regional disparities.

The north of the Ivory Coast each year was plagued by brushfires that saddened families and the countries, accelerated desertification, and soil degradation. Numerous medical plants used to treat the most serious of afflictions disappeared. The senior healers went away without passing their knowledge of medicine. Young people, the ones needed to create growth and sustainable development, left in an exodus for the cities and forests in the south, aggravating the disparities between the richer South and the poorer North and deepening the issues of poverty and food insecurity in the North, which menaces numerous families.

The overall objective was to convince and mobilize the local communities of the region to catch up to the South’s level of development, to address the challenge of poverty and climate change in their respective localities, without destroying their environment given that their survival depends on maintaining biodiversity, which provides them substantial income.

ERI-USA and its partners were selected by Ivorian authorities at the time, because their director, Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé, suggested the idea in 1995, to transform the savannas of the North into vast forests, to provide economic revenue for local communities and the state and to protect the environment and the climate, within twenty years (other proposals would have taken fifty to one hundred years). To achieve this objective, it was proposed that we put 156,755 hives on 156,755 fruit trees and cultural trees of the region, spread over 100,000 square kilometers.

Agriculturally, vast orchards, like those in the South, should occupy this space, but they should produce basic foodstuffs. The plots of created land will be developed for the benefit of the youth and the women to help them collect revenues that are capable of competing with the richer, Ivory Coast farmers of the South. Pepper plants, shea trees, cashew plants, mango trees, and orange trees will be the cash crops and an organic approach to farming will be adopted.

Environmentally, biodiversity is restored and the new vegetation sequesters carbon; the medicinal plants that disappeared have reappeared and those that are endangered are protected; each village now boasts their own arboretum/conservatory of protected and conserved medical plants in the bushes, relics of forests, and sacred groves; wet areas, the habitats, the strains and endemic species are protected; the sources of greenhouse gas emissions have disappeared; the degraded agricultural lands are restored; the farmers use natural fertilizers and bio-pesticides that they themselves have produces, in the place of 5

organchlorine, which is very damaging to humans; the ecological equilibrium is reestablished.

Regarding food safety, the four dry batteries are effective in each household.

At an economic and social level, millions of jobs are created, the revenue from these projects reduces poverty by 90% and the empowerment of beneficiaries is effective. To promote strong durability, every sector of the project is monopolized, replicated, propagated, and disseminated.

The total cost is twenty-nine billion seven hundred million FCFA (29,700,000,000 FCFA), which is roughly equivalent to 50,142,510 USD.

Initially financed by the UNDP in the start up-phase, this project became highly regarded in the Ivory Coast, Africa, the UNDP, and GIEC as a likely answer at RIO 92 because the project used alternatives means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the impact of climate change, but also, served as a place of exchange between the lower class, traditional healers, scholars, and leading research, an original concept that has never existed.

Considering these innovations as an important contribution to protecting biodiversity and the climate, numerous funders did not hesitate to finance this project and assist us by sending us volunteers, botanists, systematists, climatologists, agro-ecologists, pharmacists, doctors, herbalists, agronomists, beekeepers, zoologists, sociologists, economists, and developers. This same interest would be showed by the heads of the villages, heads of the communities, leaders, women, and the young because the level of funding convinced them and they worried about protecting the climate, combating poverty, food insecurity, and increase economic revenues.

In the period of seventeen years (1993-2010), the results are apparent, tangible, and visible: thanks to pollinations by the honeybees, we have transformed the 150,000 km2 of savannas of the north into forests, restored biodiversity and agricultural lands in distress, improved agricultural productivity, slowed the exodus of young workers from the countryside towards the south by giving women and the youth more economic opportunities, like running their own businesses. The Ivory Coast caught up to numerous countries in terms of development in part because of these missions and uncountable international meetings in Katiola, bringing together scholars, traditional healers, and the lower class to solve issues regarding the climate, poverty, food insecurity, and African pharmacopoeia in the savanna region.

Our results bring pride to the Ivory Coast and have lead the Ivorian government through it’s Minister of State, Minister of Interior, and Mr. Emile Constant BOMBET, who spoke to the Council of Ministers about our accomplishments, our organization and the project, to domicile us under the supervision of their department and accommodate us in the 6th flood of the Center of International Commerce (CCIA). In Katiola, the state took care of accommodation costs of the experts and the Minister of State, Minister of the Interior, and Emile Constant BOMBET, and was going to distinguish numerous researchers to the rank of knight in the Order of Merit of the Ivory Coast.

Unfortunately, this important project and this unique experience was tarnished by soldiers of the state, under the authority of the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense who would kill, rape and pillage our programs, thereby delaying the North 50 years of its own development and 100 years of development against the South. The Earth Rights Institute accuses those responsible because of these deliberate calculated acts against our organization.

1.3-The contribution of the ERI to peace and the end of war in the Ivory Coast

1.3.1- The mission of the ERI during the military and political crises in the Ivory Coast

In the South, we worked tirelessly towards the reconciliation and the reestablishment of definitive peace between the President of the Republic SEM GBAGBO Laurent and his prime minister SEM SORO Guillaume to cease this fratricidal war that claimed too many innocent lives.

In the North, a region that was not involved in the war but whose populations were continually tested by the effects of the war, we focused on providing humanitarian assistance to those in total distress by bringing them food, medicine, clothing, seeds, and inputs used in production and also through our projects.

1.3.2-The first set of humanitarian actions of ERI during the crisis. Our organization was the first to bring initial humanitarian relief and supplies to populations in the west and the southwest in distress, since Danané up to Tabou and Grabo. We were also the first in Bangolo, Duékoué, Guitrozon, Guiglo, Toulepleu, Taï, Danané, Méhapleu, and Zouana-Hounien.

ERI-USA equally helped by bringing first aid and relief to wounded populations in Mermoz, Gobelet, by placing people under the cover of the catholic church of Angré and on the sites of Bingerville-Bagba II.

1.3.3- Mediation done by ERI with the actors of the crisis

It is particularly ERI-USA who worked by another approach with the different antagonists of the Ivorian military, social, and political crisis and obtained an agreement from them, the first to stop the fighting. To achieve this, we awarded the ERI-USA peace price to the two antagonists, the president GBAGBO Laurent and his Prime Minister SEM SORO Kigbafori Guillaume to encourage them to make peace and enter a diplomatic dialogue. The weeks that followed the awarding of this price, there was a certain calm on all fronts, followed by numerous meetings for peace. Prime Minister Guillaume SORO was even inclined to visit our headquarters in Santa Monica, in the United States, to solemnly his prize.

1.3.4- Promotion of Excellence and Good Governance as a Model for Africa (PEBGMA)

In response to numerous inquiries from 50 African states, our organization awarded the Minister of Economy and Finance of the Ivory Coast, SEM Charles Koffi DIBY, as the best Minister of Economy and Finance in Africa. He would keep this award until he became Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Our organization celebrates the fact the global community recognizes the merits and quality of awarding him this prestigious prize.

1.3.5- The mediation by ERI with SE. Mrs. GBAGBO to liberate activists of Rally of the Republicans (RDR) Between 2003 and 2010, the Ivory Coast was plunged into a crisis, characterized by numerous human rights violations, including destruction of the environment. As the crisis worsened in January 2009, we asked Professor Meleu Matheiur, Director general of the National Institute of Statistics (INS) to obtain a meeting with the First Lady, SE. Mrs. Simone GBAGBO, leader of the political party Front Populaire Ivorien (FPI) 7

in the National Assembly.

Receiving us (Pr. Meleu Mathieu, Pastor Kei Tobo Bernard, and I), I asked in the name of ERI to SE. Mrs. GBAGBO, to use her fame with the Head of State, her husband, SE. M. GBAGBO Laurent and with his colleagues in the National Assembly, to help cease the national plan, violence, disappearances and arbitrary arrests against RDR activists, to free those RDR activists arrested for their militantism, and help us end violence in our universities, especially at the University of Cocody.

She deeply expressed her regrets for the abusive arrests or disappearances of RDR activists, saying that she did not know, and deplored the situation at the University of Abidjan Cocody. She spoke to the head of state, SE. M GBAGBO Laurent, on the stop telling him to contact the Minister of the Interior, fire Désiré Tagro and the Prosecutor of the Republic, and free all RDR militants abusively arrested just for their political militantism. This was done in our presence. For follow-up, she entrusted me to the assistant of the Prosecutor of the Republic, Mr. SERI NEHA Augustin, Magistrat who enormously helped us, Pastor TOBO Bernard, M. KEAN Joseph, and I, secure the release of RDR militants.

I reported this to a high leading figure of the RDR who unfortunately died recently, rest her soul. She deeply thanked ERI-USA for undertaking these actions.

Regarding the second complaint, the one referring to the end offence in our universities, she gave us assurance that she will take care of it personally.

Near the end of the meeting, SE. Mrs. Simone GBAGBO asked me if I have any other complaints to express to her. I seized this opportunity to request the erection of Kong in the department. In response, she asked me if it were not a complaint that emanated from her older brother and President of the RDR, SEM. Alassane OUATTARA. I told her no and said it was simply about fixing an injustice that could accelerate the peace process and national reconciliation between leaders and leading politicians, because too often Kong suffered from forgetfulness. She responded “Why not, this is a very good idea, I agree. I am on board.” She called the President of the Republic, SE. M. GBAGBO, who approved.

All these facts demonstrate how ERI, through me, had actively contributed to obtaining a durable peace in the Ivory Coast without which, there would be neither stability nor sustainable development.

But we do not understand why subordinates directly placed under the authority of the Prime Minister, and Minister of Defense, in other words, soldiers posted in the region and aforementioned departments, for the purpose of assuring the security of people and their property, would go, with complete impunity, rape the women and schoolgirls, pillage and kill local populations, then go after our humanitarian aid workers, who indiscriminately helped the local peoples.

This strange behavior, which we do not understand to this day, is completely contrary to their mission in the North. So, for simple motorcycles, the military that represents the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense kills, rapes, and steals from innocent people. Is this our reward for the peace and the services that we produced for them? Especially, if we consider the fact that every time they came to our humanitarian 8

aid workers to ask for food or obtain 100 FCFA for their daily needs, they were served in the same way as those in distress.

These human rights violations have considerably delayed the sustainable development of the North, condemning the population to live in extreme poverty and famine.

II- The murders and attempted murders committed against members of ERI-USA

2.1- Persecution, tortures, and murders.

2.1.1- The murder and torture, on November 29, 2002, next to the CIDT in Katiola, of Coulibaly Yaya, responsible for the program Katio 10 rice project. His motorcycle was taken and used by servicemen placed under the command of the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, their immediate superiors.

2.1.2- The murder on January 2, 2009 in Tortya of M. Traoré Mamadou, humanitarian aid worker, volunteer from Burkina-Faso, head of the agro-breeding program in the area. His body would be found in the plantations of Sodescure machine-gunned by bullets and his motorcycle, engraved with his initials, was in the hands of servicemen of Korhogo, placed under the command of the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. All his stores, stocks of food, and livestock were plundered or taken by these same servicemen.

2.1.3- The murder and torture, on Thursday March 12, 2009 next to the Lycée of Katiola, of Ouattara Abdoulaye "called Petit Djimini", responsible for the cotton program. His motorcycle was taken by the servicemen under command of the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense.

2.1.4- The murder, after the torture , on Thursday April 10, 2008 in Touro, Department of Katiola, of Touré Piè who was 21 years old and responsible for the organic cotton project. His motorcycle was extracted

2.1.5- The murder, after the torture, on Thursday April 10, 2008 in Touro, Department of Katiola, of

Touré Moussa who was 32 years old and responsible for the biological cotton project. His motorcycle was extracted.

2.2- The attempted murders of M. Adrien Nawolobamba and Touré Lamine Arouna

2.2.1-The failed murder on November 3, 2010 in the teak forest in Katiola, of our head of Zone, M. Touré Adrien Nawolobamba, by soldiers of the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense.

Stopped by the military of the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Nawolobamba was undressed in front of his family and his motorcycle was taken away. Then, he was led into the teck forest in Katiola situated between Katiola and Fronan, to be shot. M. Touré Adrien Nawolo got a lifeline when they preferred to tie him in the bush than to kill him at gunpoint. Believing he is dead, they go to his residence to pillage all of his possessions. They go to his farms and his fields to take all his oxen, sheep, poultry, stock of food and go to his houses and stores to seize everything he owned. Having realized that he was indeed alive, they look for him throughout all of Katiola. However, he fled Katiola and hid in Yamoussoukro.

2.2.2-The failed murder of M. Touré Lamine

Returning from evaluating the ERI projects in Fronan, his colleague Ouattara Abdoulaye said “Petit Djimini”, were arrested at 8:00 P.M. at a roadblock of the servicemen under the command of the Prime Minister, on the road Fronan-Katiola, at the entrance of the forest of Tecks. Their motorcycles were seized. They were led towards the CIDT of Katiola to be shot. Dissatisfied with this area, they led them towards the Lycée de Katiola. They begged them to take their supplies and their motorcycles in exchange for sparing their lives. They responded “ Our bosses are not only interested in your motorcycles; they also want all your other possessions.” Taking advantage of the nightfall and the inattention of his captor, he took the risk of jumping into the bushes so he could escape. He was spotted, shot, and seriously wounded. However, he managed to escape and later he heard the gunshots. He immediately thought of his companion, Petit Djimini and two others.

2.3-The violence done against foreign women of Project AID/REBIOCI/ERI, a project to fight hunger and improve the revenues of women who live in the savanna notably in the departments of de Katiola, Dabakala, Niakara, Ferké, Korhogo, Ouangolo, Bouna, Doropo, and the National Park of the Comoé.

Systematic pillages of all their property Program initiated by Ms. Ishida Yuki and Mr. Itô Katsutoshi and the JOICV/JICA then continued by the ERI, under the direction of Mrs. Yao Lou Séka assisted by Mrs. Oguidi.

III- The systematic pillages of our international humanitarian organizations

3.1- The systematic pillages of projects and programs of our international humanitarian organizations and of sustainable development

3.1.1- The systematic pillages in Katiola, of the civil community project AID/ERI-UNDP/FEM- JOCV/JICA, for the protection, conservation, and recovery of medicinal plants and herbs in the savannas: pillage of products, materials, scientific and technical equipment; pillage of the central herbarium, databases, destruction of the laboratory, burning of the species the looters could not take. Program initiated by Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé and M. N’goran Cyriac: initially financed by the UNDP/FEM and directed by Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé, coordinated by Pr. Aké Assi Laurent, followed and supervised by Mr. Konno Takashi of the Japanese technical cooperation of the JOCV/JICA.

In Katiola, we created, on 50 hectares of land and with the participation of local communities, one of the most important conservatories of medicinal plants and herbs in West Africa to protect, conserve, and restore the strains of many species, particularly those threatened by extinction. This was the first time in Africa and certainly the world where traditional healers and their children, researchers, doctors, pharmacists, and the intellectually curious could come together to freely exchange dialogue and advance science, medicine, and knowledge.

The United States, through the l’USAID and American environmental officials, largely supported this projected and presented us with a prize from Ashoka for world inventors who advance the public interest. The Ivorian government, very satisfied with our results, specifically the Minister of State, Minister of the Interior, Mr. Emile Contant BOMBET, who told the Council of Ministers about our accomplishments and would distinguish two of our brilliant Japanese researchers MM. UZAWA Tomoyoki and Matsuoka MITSUO.

But, despite all this good work, the Ivorian military, placed under the command of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense would go pillage, with weapons of war and trucks specifically constructed for that purpose, all our medicinal plants including the central herbarium, skillfully built over 10 years by Professor Aké-Assi Laurent, our central laboratory with all our scientific materials, which they sent out of the Ivory Coast upon seizing them. Then, as if that is not enough, they decide to burn all the other plants they were not able to take along with the entire herbarium and laboratory.

3.1.2- The systematic pillaging in Katiola, of the civil community project, AID/ERI-Ivoro-Japanese -UNDP-FEM for reforestation through pollinating bees through the Savannas region, to protect biodiversity and the climate, accelerate reforestation and conserve species threatened by extinction: pillages of all our products, materials, scientific and technical equipment, the central herbarium, databases, also the destruction of the laboratory, the burning of all the forests created or restored by the project. The program was initiated by Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé and Mr. N’goran Cyriac and was initially financed by the UNDP/FEM and was managed by Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé, coordinated by Pr. Aké Assi Laurent, followed by Mr. Konno Takashi of the technical cooperation of JOCV/JICA. He obtained numerous international prizes and distinctions.

Thanks to the action of honeybees, the savannas of the North were transformed, within 15 years, into immense forests. Unfortunately, our twenty years of research was taken by the military placed under the

Prime Minister and Minister of Defense’s command.

3.1.3- The systematic pillaging of the civil community project RICE Katiola 10 tons, in the ponds of Lopé in Katiola, Comoé in Dabakala, and Bandama in Tortya, of all products, materials, scientific and technical equipment, databases, and the burning of the laboratory.

Program initiated by Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé and Mr. Uzawa Tomoyuki and Kosaka Tetsushi of the technical Japanese cooperation of JOCV / JICA, then managed by AID / ERI, supervised by science director, Dr. Sangaré Yaya, regional manager of the CNRA of Bouaké.

In the plains and the aforementioned ponds, after 10 years of intensive research on protection, conservation, and restoration of 100 varieties of traditional rice of our villages, the researchers of ERI under the conduct of Dr. Sangaré, had discovered for the first time the best strains and seeds for each region, the ones that are the most resistant, durable, and naturally perfumed, to overcome the severe and chronic food insecurity seen in rural areas. Certified by the ADRAO and validated by the CNRA who tested 10 tons of this rice from the hectare, we called this rice Katio10.

Surprisingly, at the time of the release of these seeds, the servicemen under the command of the Prime Minister’s Office, Minister of Defense, acting under the orders of their military commanders, went to our stations, heavily armed with weapons of war, and hurt our volunteers, plundered our nurseries and seized our materials, exporting them, with trucks specifically made for that purpose, outside the Ivory Coast.

Then, they went to the residences of our various directors, coordinators, experts, councilors, and foreign volunteers in Katiola and Bouaké and took all their materials and research on this new rice at gunpoint. They also went to the residence of the founder of this discovery, Dr. Sangaré Yaya, our science director and regional director of the CNRA of Bouaké, to pillage his place of residence and seize all his property. Dr. Sangaré moved to Katiola in 2005 to resume his research on rice, organic cotton, legumes, and protecting the climate and little did he know he would be assaulted in 2010 by these servicemen and deprived of all his property, equipment, and materials for research.

Our scientific consultant, Professor Kouakou N’guessan François, first president of the University of Bouaké and honorary president of the university, would suffer the same fate at the hands of these servicemen.

After their infamous actions, these servicemen plundered everything, set fire to all our research stations on rice, destroying 20 years of intensive research and hope of saving millions of human lives. It is from these facts that led us to say these criminal acts were planned, coordinated, and dictated by political motives. We remain convinced that if these scientific results had not been plundered by the these servicemen, the savanna regions of the center, north, north-east, and north-west of the country, which live in deep food insecurity today, would be self-sufficient enough to produce this rice. The Ivory Coast would have saved money on foreign currencies because they could have reduced their imports of rice, relieving the burden of debt and food dependence. This is why, we protest to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense that the results of thirty years of research, having the power to better help Africa in general and the Ivory Coast in particular, especially the North, to overcome food insecurity, poverty, youth unemployment, and the consequences of climate change, given that he was their immediate superior at the time.

3.1.4- The systematic pillaging of all our apiculture sites, including our 155,755 hives installed in Katiola, Ouangolo, Bouna, and Papara (Tengrela), as well as our stock of 500 tons of specific honeys obtained from various perfumes of medicinal plants from the savannas of the North, center, and North-east, preserved for two years;

Program initiated and managed by Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé, assisted by mister Matsuuoka Mitsuo of the Japanese cooperation JOCV / JICA.

This project/program obtained several international prizes and Ivorian distinctions from the Minister of State, Minister of the Interior, M. Emile Constant BOMBET. After the departure of the Japanese, the project benefited from the support of experts from World Neighbors of Ghana, from Mali, and from numerous international organizations.

After these infamous acts, they launched attacks and pillaged our central headquarters in Katiola and all our research centers, for the education and training of the population, by taking, from Katiola to Niéllé, all our equipment and laboratory materials and research, all our desks, teaching equipment, vehicles, tractors, motorcycles, research animals, bee farms…

3.1.5- The systematic pillaging of all our research on organic cotton Program initiated by our science director, Dr. Sangaré Yaya. Our results in the Touro station served as a valuable example. Unfortunately, all our works and nurseries were plundered and seized by the servicemen who loaded them unto trucked constructed for that purpose.

3.1.6- The systematic pillaging of our research on the Mercédès organic cocoa in the savannas of the north of the Ivory Coast Program initiated by Dr. Sangaré Yaya, assisted by Mr. Koné Bakary and Dramane Touré N. We had encouraging results in all the savannas of the North. Unfortunately, this work and all our tree nurseries were plundered by the same servicemen and sent out of the Ivory Coast into nearby countries.

3.1.7- The systematic pillaging in Touro, of the civil community project AID/ERI-UNDP/FEM- JOCV/JICA, for the protection, conservation, and restoration of pepper plants and other wild aromatic plants found in the savanna region; pillage of products, materials, technical and scientific equipment, the central herbarium, databanks, destruction of the laboratory, burning of the species the servicemen were not able to take. Program started by Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé and managed by Mr. Koné Bakary of the CNRA, coordinated by Pr. Aké Assi Laurent, supervised by Mr. Konno Takashi of the JOCV/JICA:

After 10 years of research on the local pepper plants and other traditional aromatic plants in the savanna, five of our researchers had discovered, under the leadership of Mr. Koné Bakary, the type of pepper plant most suitable for the Center, East, and the North of the Ivory Coast. More than 1000 hectares of nurseries would be built in more than 30 villages and publicized as free of charge for women and young farmers of the savannas, as a way to supplement their income. For the record, one hectare of pepper plants yields, at the 5th after plantation, a minimum gross income of 3,000,000 FCFA compared to 300,000 FCFA for a hectare of cashews. But, all the nurseries of these plants were plundered by these servicemen and sent out of the Ivory Coast.

3.1.8- The systematic pillaging in Touro, Katiola, Dabala and in the lakes of Comoé, of the civil community project AID/ERI-UNDP/FEM-JOCV/JICA, for the protection, conservation, and restoration of Gohiné Landolphia or the hevea of the savannas; pillage of products, databases, materials, scientific and technical equipment, the central herbarium, destruction of laboratory. Program initiated by Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé, coordinated by Pr. Aké Assi Laurent, supervised by Mr.

Konno Takashi of the Japanese technical cooperation of JOCV/JICA; The same servicemen, placed under the command of their superiors, took all of our results of 10 years of research on this rubber found in the savannas (Gohiné Landolphia).

3.1.9- The systematic pillaging in all our stations in the north, of the civil community project AID/ERI-UNDP/FEM-JOCV/JICA, for the protection, conservation, and restoration of the Shea tree; Program initiated by Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé, Dr. Kouassi Séka Raphaël and Dr. Basamba Sylla of the Nestlé Foundation, coordinated by Pr. Aké Assi Laurent, supervised by Mr. Konno Takashi of the Japanese cooperation of JOCV/JICA; These servicemen took all our results of 15 years of research on an improved shea tree and plundered 1000 hectares of tree nurseries and 235 shea butter presses. More than 295 tons of shea butter, products, materials, scientific and technical equipment, the central herbarium, and our databases were plundered. The central laboratory was plundered then burned to the ground. Even the young plants in the new orchards were dug up and taken. Surprisingly, the servicemen began to cut, in our era of intervention, all the major shea trees and African locust been trees from Katiola to Doropa and from Niélle to Tengrela.

3.1.10-The systematic pillaging in Katiola, Niakara, Tortya, Touro, Dabakala, Ouangolo, of the civil community project, AID-ERI for breeding cattle and sheep; pillage of products, materials, scientific and technical equipment, databases, and destruction of the laboratory. Program initiated by Mr. Uzawa Tomoyuki and Mr. Koaska Tetsushi of the Japanese technical cooperation JOCV/JICA, then managed by ERI, under the direction of Dr. Ogri Diarra.

To contribute to assure the food security in animal proteins, especially the meat of cattle and sheep, and to reduce the perpetual dependence of the country on foreign imports, the project benefited from oxen, cows, and sheep, from many countries including Argentina, Brazil, Netherlands, Madagascar Australia, Mali, and Niger. The objective of this project was to cross these animals with Ivorian local breeds, to produce new, improved, and more efficient, capable within 15 years, of reducing the need for imports. Thus, after only ten (10) years of intensive research, the results of this project were the pride of Côte d'Ivoire, cited throughout Africa and the world as a model. Researchers and affluent visitors flocked from all walks of life to see our programs and sites in Katiola, Dabakala, Niakara, Niéllé, Korhogo, Ouangolodougou and Niéllé.

These servicemen, under orders from their superiors, took the sheep and cattle to ensure they had their daily consumption in meat. Our group of 593 oxen and 337 sheep, the object of many years of research and admiration, and our research materials were simply grouped with other animals, and then loaded unto trucks headed out of the Ivory Coast into neighboring countries. Our foreign experts were abused and persecuted by these same servicemen.

3.1.11- The pillaging in all ERI areas, of the civil community project AID/REBIOCI/ERI for the protection, conservation, and restoration of species of wild guinea-fowl, partridges, cane rats, and hares; pillage of products, materials, scientific and technical equipment, and databases. Program initiated by Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé and directed by Dr. Ogri Diarra. The species of wild Guiena-fowl, hares, and partridges are threated with extinction. Their habitats are being destroyed by modern agriculture. Very few Ivoirians know of their existence and the fact that they constitute a great proportion of domestic fowl, rabbits, and quail. 13

Unfortunately, all of our progress on these endangered species were pillaged and transported elsewhere.

3.1.12- The systematic pillaging in Katiola of products, materials, and scientific and technical equipment, of the civil beekeeping project BAD-AID-ERI directed by Mr. Silué Nazéhégon: Program initiated by Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé, directed by M. Silué Nazéhégnon, and supervised by Dr. Ogri Diarra and Mr. Touré Lamine.

3.1.13-They systematic pillaging of the international project created by German professor, Karl Lisenmellier of the University of Wurzburg, Department of Zoology II.

All our research centers and leadership/mentoring programs on wildlife including the famous Regional Center for research on the protection of wildlife and biodiversity in the grassland regions, created by our partner and distinguished German professor, Karl Lisenmellier of the University of Wurzburg, Department of Zoology II, were plundered and our property was sold in “the Ivorian markets” specially created in a neighboring country for this purpose.

IV- The systematic pillaging of the property of ERI and our humanitarian family

4.1- The systematic pillaging in Bouaké and Katiola of the private residences of our Science Director, national coordinator of the Center, North, Northeast, and Comoé National Park Program, Dr. Sangaré Yaya, Director of the CNRA of Bouaké. He lost all of his assets and those of his family;

4.2- The systematic pillaging and looting in Bouaké and then Katiola of the private residences of our scientific advisor, national coordinator of the Center, North, Northeast, and Comoé National Park Program, Professor Kouakou N’guessan François, President of the University of Bouaké. He lost all of his assets and those of his family;

4.3- The systematic pillaging and looting in Katiola of the private residence of Dr. Diarra Ogri ‘la, our director of scientific research and coordinator of the national program of livestock in the savannas. He lost all of his assets and those of his family;

4.4- The systematic pillaging and looting in Katiola of the private residence of our Director of the national program for Women's gender and development in the savanna regions, Mr. Nasser BIGOLE né YAO LOU. He lost all of his assets and those of his family.

4.5- The systematic pillaging in Katiola of the property of our instructor, Mrs. Sakiratou Oguidi.

4.6- The systematic pillaging in Katiola of the property of our head of agro-pastoral development programs in savanna regions, Mr. Touré Adrien Nawolobamba. His family’s property was also plundered; 4.7- The systematic pillaging in Katiola of the property of our head of the agricultural machinery program in the savanna regions Mr. Touré Atéban whose family’s property was also plundered;

4.8- The systematic pillaging in Katiola of the property of our head of the food security program in the savanna regions, Mr. Koyaga Combala whose family’s property was also plundered.

4.9- The systematic pillaging in Katiola of the property of our head of the rice, maize, organic cotton program, and livestock program in the savanna regions, Mr. Touré Lamine Arouna whose family’s property was also plundered.

4.10- The systematic pillaging in Katiola of the property of our director of the apiculture program BAD/AID/ERI in the savanna regions, Mr. Silué Nazéhégnon whose family’s property was also plundered.

4.11- The systematic pillaging in Katiola of 200 hectares of nurseries owned by researcher Koné Bakary.

4.12- The systematic pillaging, looting, and destruction of property of widow Koffi Tanou, mother of two murdered humanitarian aid workers and the systematic pillaging of her court and all the houses, followed by the trauma of hearing gunshots near her.

4.13- The illegal occupation of the ERI-USA headquarters in Katiola and the systematic pillaging of their sites.

V- Compensation and Reparations due from the Ivory Coast

5.1- Reparations for the 5 members of ERI-USA who were assassinated, after being injured and tortured 5.1.1- Compensation and reparations for the tortured and murder of Traoré Mamadou, an ERI humanitarian aid worker murdered by the military of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense, and for his stolen motorcycle 5.1.1.1- Compensation for the murder 1,000,000,000 FCFA 5.1.1.2- Compensation for the motorcycle 750,000 FCFA 5.1.1.3- Reparations for damages 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 1,500,750,000 FCFA

5.1.2-Compensation and reparations for the tortured and murder of Ouattara Abdoulaye called “Petit Djimini”, an ERI humanitarian aid worker, murder by the military of the Prime Minister, and for his stolen motorcycle 5.1.2.1- Compensation for the murder 1 000,000,000 FCFA 5.1. 2.2- Compensation for the motorcycle 750,000 FCFA 5.1.2.3- Reparations for damages 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 1,500,750,000 FCFA

5.1.3- Compensation and reparations for the tortured and murder of Coulibaly Yaya,”, an ERI humanitarian aid worker, murder by the military of the Prime Minister, and for his stolen motorcycle 5.1.3.1- Compensation for the murder 1 000,000,000 FCFA 5.1.3.2- Compensation for the motorcycle 750,000FCFA 5.1.3.3- Reparations for damages 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 1,500,750,000 FCFA

5.1.4-- Compensation and reparations for the tortured and murder of Touré Moussa, an ERI humanitarian aid worker, murder by the military of the Prime Minister, and for his stolen motorcycle 5.1. 4.1- Compensation for the murder 1 000,000,000 FCFA 5.1. 4.2- Compensation for the motorcycle 750,000 FCFA 5.1.4.3- Reparations for damages 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 1,500,750,000 FCFA

5.1.5--- Compensation and reparations for the tortured and murder of Touré Piè, an ERI humanitarian aid worker, murder by the military of the Prime Minister, and for his stolen motorcycle

5.1.5.1- Compensation for the murder 1 000,000,000 FCFA 5.1.5.2- Compensation for the motorcycle 750,000 FCFA 5.1.5.3- Reparations for damages 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 1 500 750,000 FCFA

Total: 7.503.750,000 FCFA

5.2- Reparations for the 37 women, members of ERI-USA who were raped, tortured, and whose property was pillaged.

5.2.1-Reparations for the rape of Sakiratou Oguidi, head of the gender and cooperative management programs and for the destruction of her property, since the rape, she has been infected and is perpetually sick. 5.2.1.1- Reparations for the rape and tortured: 500,000,000 FCFA 5.2.1.2- Reparations for damages: 67,075,000 FCFA Sub-total: 567,075,000 FFCA

5.2.2- Reparations for the systematic looting of our 37 women 5.2.2.1- Compensation for their property 115,000,000 FCFA 5.2.2.2- Reparations for damages 500,000,000 FCFA Sub total: 615,000,000 FCFA

Total: 1,182,075,000 FCFA

5.3- ERI Humanitarian aid worker who was injured by servicemen and died due to those injuries 5.3.1- Compensation for abuses, attempted murder, perpetrated against Mr. TOURE Lamine Arouna, head of ERI programs in Fronan, Nasr, and in the Northeast region and also compensation for the systematic looting of all his property and those of his family. 5.3.1.1-Compensation for looting 129,330,573 FCFA 5.3.1.2- Reparations for damages 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 629,330,573 FCFA

5.4- Attempted murder of our humanitarian aid workers and for the torture and looting of their property 5.4.1- Compensation for abuses, torture, attempted murder, perpetrated against Mr. Touré Adrien Nawolobamba, head of ERI programs in Katiola and savanna regions, also for the systematic pillaging of his property and those of his family. 5.4.1.1- Compensation for looting 199,953,73 FCFA 5.4.1.2- Reparations for damages 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 699,953,573 FCFA

5.4.2- Compensation for abuses, pillaging, and destruction of our property of our head of the ERI agricultural machinery program in Katiola, Mr. Touré Atéban: 5.4.2.1 - Compensation for looting 87,040,000 FCFA 5.4.2.2- Reparations for damages 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 587,040,000 FCFA

5.4.3- Compensation for abuse, pillaging, and destruction of property of our head of the ERI food program in Katiola and in the savanna regions, Mr. Koyaga Combala: 5.4.3.1- Compensation for looting: 69,820,000 FCFA 5.4.3.2- Reparations for damages 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 569,820,000 FCFA

Total: 2,486,144,146 FCFA

Reparations for humanitarian aid workers, members of ERI, who were tortured, injured, and lost their property. 6.1-Compensation for looting and destruction of property owned by our scientific consultant, coordinator of the Center Program, Professor Kouakou N’guessan François, ex-president of the University of Bouaké: 6.1.1- Compensation for looting in Bouaké 120,976,000 FCFA 6.1.2- Compensation for looting in Katiola 201,800,000 FCFA 6.1.3- Reparations for damages: 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total: 82,776,000 FCFA

6.2-Compensation for looting and destruction of the property of our science Director, coordinator of the national research program in the savanna regions, Dr. Sangaré Yaya, ex- director of the CNRA of Bouaké 6.2.1- Compensation for looting in Bouaké 87,063,000 FCFA 6.2.2- Compensation for looting in Katiola 81,063,000 FCFA 6.2.3- Reparations for damages: 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total: 668,130,000 FCFA

6.3- Compensation for the looting of the property of our science director and coordinator of the National livestock program in the savanna regions, Dr. Ogri Adama Diarra 6.3.1 - Compensation for looting: 82,071,000 FCFA 6.3.2- Reparations for damages: 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total: 582,071,000 FCFA

6.4- Compensation for the looting and destruction of the property of our director of the National Women’s Program in the savanna regions, Mrs. Niamien BI GOLE Yao 6.4.1- Compensation for looting: 108,522.200 FCFA 6.4.2- Reparations for damages: 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total: 608,522,200 FCFA

6.5- Compensation for the rapes, lootings, and destruction of the apiculture program BAD, directed by Mr. Silué Nazéhégnon. 6.5.1- Compensation for looting: 125,020,000 FCFA 6.5.2- Reparations for damages: 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total: 625,020,000 FCFA

6.6- Compensation for the looting and destruction of the property of the family of widow Koffi Tanou, mother of two humanitarian aid workers who were murdered and for the looting of her court and all the houses, followed by the trauma she suffered from hearing gunshots, being blindfolded, and for receiving death threats if she spoke. 6.6.1- Compensation for looting: 17,000,000 FCFA 6.6.2- Reparations for damages: 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total: 517,000,000 FCFA Total: 3,823,519,200 FCFA

ERI Total: 7,503,750,000 + 1,182,075,000 + 2,486,144,146 + 3,823,519,200 = 14,995,488,346 FCFA VII- Compensation for the looting of ERI/AID property 7.1- Compensation and reparation for looting in Katiola, Niakaramadougou, Totya,Téhini, Ouangolo, Niéllé, Diawala, Comoé National Park, and Dabakala of all products, materials, technical and scientific equipment, and databases of the project to protect and conserve strains and restore medicinal and wild aromatic pants found in the savannas through honeybee pollination.

Program initiated and directed by Mr. Dramane Touré Nablé assisted by the Kono of the JICA 7.1.1- Compensation for 155,755 trees 8500,000,000FCFA 7.1.2-Compensation for the databases 4 000,000,000 FCFA 7.1.3-Compensation for materials and pollination equipment 500,000,000 FCFA 7.1.4- Reconstruction 500,000,000 FCFA 7.1.5- Reparations for damages 1,000,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 14,500,000,000 FCFA

7.2- Compensation and reparations for the looting of all our apiculture sites and our five hundred tons of honeys of different perfumes and medicinal plants that were stored for two years 7.2.1- Compensation for 500 tons de specific honey 8 500,000,000 FCFA 7.2.2- Compensation for materials and pollination equipment 1 000,000,000 FCFA 7.2.3- Reparations for damages 1 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 11,000,000,000 FCFA

7.3- Compensation and reparations for our 155,755 hives 7.3.1- Compensation for 155 755 hives 4,672,650,000 FCFA 7.3.2- Reconstruction 2,500,000,000 FCFA 7.3.3- Reparations for damages 1,000,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 8,172,650,000 FCFA

7.4- Compensation and reparations for the looting in the lakes of Touro, Lopé in Katiola, and N’zi, of the rice project Katiola 10 tons per hectare or Katio 10 and for the looting of products, materials, technical and scientific equipment, and databases. Program initiated by Mr. Touré Uzawa Tomoyuki and Kosaka Tetsushi of the JICA, then managed by the ERI, under the direction of Dr. Sangaré Yaya, assisted by Dr. Miézan. 7.4.1- Compensation for lost Katio 10 rice 12 950,000,000 FCFA 7.4.2- Compensation for materials and equipment 1 500,000,000 FCFA 7.4.3- Reparations for damages 1 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 15 950,000,000 FCFA

7.5- Compensation and reparations for the looting of Touro in Ouangolo of materials, scientific equipment, and databases of the organic cotton project ERI program initiated and directed by Dr. Sangaré Yaya 7.5.1- Compensation for lost organic cotton 2 550,000,000 FCFA 7.5.2- Compensation for materials and equipment 1 350,000,000 FCFA 7.5.3- Reparations for damages 1 550,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 5 450,000,000 FCFA

7.6- Compensation and reparations for looting in Katiola- Touro in Téhini of materials, technical and scientific equipment, and databases of the rubber project of the north or Gohiné Landolphia ERI program initiated by Dr. Dramane Touré, directed by Pr. Aké Assy Laurent and under the direction of Dr. Sangaré Yaya. 7.6.1- Compensation for lost Gohiné Landolphia 1 500,000,000 FCFA 7.6.2- Compensation for materials and equipment 1 150,000,000 FCFA 7.6.3- Reparations for damages 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 3 150,000,000 FCFA

7.7- Compensations and reparations for the looting in Katiola, Touro, Tortya, Dabakala, Téhini, of 140,000 nurseries, which contained 100,000 mango trees, 30,000 orange trees, and 11,000 mandarin

trees, and for the looting of materials and technical and scientific equipment. ERI Program initiated by Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé and directed by Dr. Sangaré Yaya 7.7.1- Compensation for 9000 tree nurseries 150,000,000 FCFA 7.7.2- Compensation for materials and equipment 50,000,000 FCFA 7.7.3- Reparations for damages 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 700,000,000 FCFA

7.8- Compensation and reparations for the looting in Touro, Katiola, Niéllé, Niakara, and Tortya of our 593 oxen and 337 sheep and all of our materials, technical and scientific equipment and databases of the community project AID-ERI for rearing cattle and sheep in the savanna regions. Program initiated by Mr. Uzawa Tomoyuki and Kosaka Tetsushi of the Japanese technical cooperation JOCV/JICA, then managed by ERI, under the director of Dr. Ogri Diarra and Mr. Touré Adrien Nanwolo 7.8.1- Compensation for the 593 oxen 572 000,000 FCFA 7.8.2- Compensation for the 337 sheep 300,000,000 FCFA 7.8.3- Compensation for materials and equipment 1 000,000,000 FCFA 7.8.4- Reparations for damages 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 2,372,000,000 FCFA

7.9- Compensation and reparations for the looting of all our research, training, installation, and extension stations of the project for the protection, conservation, and restoration of wild fowl, hares, and partridges and their habitats by the local communities to increase their revenues. AID-ERI program for the breeding of endangered species led by Dr. Sangaré and Dr. Ogri 7.9.1- Compensation for the wild Guiena fowl program 855 000,000 FCFA 7.9.2- Compensation for the Hare protection program 395 000,000 FCFA 7.9.3- Compensation for the Partridge program 500,000,000 FCFA 7.9.4- Compensation for the cane rats program 700,000,000 FCFA 7.9.5- Compensation for materials and equipment 1,500,000,000 FCFA 7.9.6- Reparations for damages 2 000,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 5 445 000,000 FCFA

7.10- Compensation and reparations for the looting of the community project for women, food security, and economic empowerment and financial independence of women in the savanna regions of the North, Northeast, and the east, and for the violence against women in Touro, Katiola, Niéllé, Téhini, Ouangolo, and Tienko, Program initiated by Mr. Itô Katsutoshi and Mrs. Ishida Yurki of the JOCV/JICA, then managed by AID and ERI, under the director of Mrs. Niamien Bi Séka, assisted by Mrs. Oguidi 7.10.1- Compensation for food for women 572 000,000 FCFA 7.10.2- Compensation for property for women 100,000,000 FCFA 7.10.3- Compensation for materials and equipment 300,000,000 FCFA 7.10.4- Reparations for damages 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 1,472,000,000 FCFA 7.11- Compensation for reparations for looting of our 15 vehicles, our headquarters, 5 tractors, 10 tillers, 22 motorcycles, 19 laptops, 2 photocopiers, etc. 7.11.1- Compensation for 15 4x4 vehicles 450,000,000 FCFA 7.11.2- Compensation for 05 tractors 125 000,000 FCFA 7.11.3- Compensation for 10 tillers 45 000,000 FCFA 7.11.4- Compensation for 5 tractors 125 000,000 FCFA 7.11.5- Compensation for 129 laptops 64 000,000FCFA 7.11.6- Compensation for 25 desktops 75 000,000 FCFA 7.11.7- Compensation for 3 photocopiers 36 750,000 FCFA 7.11.8- Compensation for illegal occupation of headquarters 135 955 000 FCFA 7.11.9- Compensation for 177 phones 7 965,000 FCFA 7.11.10- Reparations for damages 150,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 1 214 670,000 FCFA

7.12- Compensation and reparations for the looting of our 235 sheabutter presses and 295 tons of sheabutter and also for aggression and abuses against our humanitarian aid workers 7.12.1-Compensation for 235 sheabutter presses 2.820,000,000 FCFA 7.12.2-Compensation for 295 tons of sheabutter 354,000,000FCFA 7.12.3-Compensation for 1000 ha of nurseries 800,000,000 FCFA 7.12.4- Reparations for damages 500,000,000 FCFA Sub-total 4,474,000,000 FCFA Total 73,900,320,000 FCFA

7.12.1- Recalculation of reparations for the relatives of the victims who were members of ERI- USA 300,000,000+ 200,000,000+ 290,000,000 +350,000,000 +100,000,000+ 320,000,000+ 300,000,000+ + 350,000,000 + 480,000,000+480,000,000 = 3,170,000,000 FRCA

7.12.2- Compensation and reparations for the looting of the project for the protection of wildlife and biodiversity created by eminent professor KARL Lisenmellier of the University of Wurzburg. 7.12.3- Compensation and reparations for the looting of the property of Sahel Solidarité and for the aggressions, persecution, destruction, and abuses of our humanitarian aid workers

7.13- ERI Moral compensations Reparations for moral repairs Sub-total General Overview

Reparations for members of ERI-USA injured, tortured, and murdered = 14.995.488.346 FCFA Reparations for the property of ERI/AID = 73.900.320,000 FCFA Reparations for the relatives of members of ERI-USA= 3.170,000,000 FCFA Grand total: 14,995,488,346+73,900,320,000+ 3,170,000,000 = 92,065,808,346 FCFA

Please accept, Madame co-director, the expression of our high consideration. Exemplification: Earth Rights Institute and P/O The co-director of ERI-USA Director of the Africa Office Headquarters-Santa Monica Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé

VIII- FINDINGS OF THE BAILIFFS

The following pages include pictures of original documents in French; some text is translated while some is kept in its original format. We apologize for any inconvenience and summaries of the images will be inserted below each one, where possible and appropriate.

Summary: The above image is an excerpt from a certified report concerning the pillaged sites owned by ERI, the sequence of events leading up to the attacks, and a background of ERI’s work in the region.

COMPLIANCE WITH THAT REQUISTION I have SEBRY PAUL Bailiff at the court of appeals of Bouaké and the Tribunal of KATIOLA, in the commerce area KAKOUMANI building, ex station S.T.KA cell: 08-27-07- 70/05-57-37-34. Went on the premises of the crimes and noted the following

FINDINGS

I was led by Dr. DRAMANE TOURE NABLE et Mr. SILUE NAZEHEGNON who took me to the pillaged sites

The site of the civil community project AID-Ivoro-Japanese-UNDP for the protection, conservation, and restoration of medicinal and aromatic plants found in the savannas, is situated 3 kilometers from the city of Katiola (formerly AVOCATERAIE); according to Dr. DRAMANE TOURE NABLE, this site belonged to the SODEFEL who planted avocados. Since then, it has been ceased to the state for the project cited above:

After that, I noted the following:

Hollowed out buildings, empty of all their contents, are neglected; there are about six buildings, one of which served as a hangar (place for storage) and the others were for the training, supervision, monitoring, and evaluation, in various fields, of apiculture, rice, purple corn, culture vegetables, legumes, etc.…

One of the buildings served as a site for storing products, materials for the publication of research, scientific databases on medicinal and aromatic plants of the savannas:

I was told that all the information materials and documents were taken;

We found roots of medicinal plants at the site that was once housed in the research center. This demonstrates their existence and that this program was unfortunately looted and pillaged.

Continuing our investigation, we went to the lake of Lopé where we found:

The site of the rice project Katio 10 or Katiola 10 tons per hectare is situated at the second bridge leaving

Katiola for Bouaké;

It should be noted that the biggest part of the research center and extension of the rice project was in Touro. The lake of Lopé served the production of pedigreed seeds, certified by research on the local strains. The extent of the site shows that it was an important workplace for the realization of improved Ivorian rice; Several parcels (lakes) arranged for the cultivation of rice were left abandoned.

No presence of material, especially scientific equipment, was left spared by the looters who looted, pillaged, and took everything; After a short break, we went to the fish-farming sites: Like other programs, the servicemen, murders, rapists, thieves, and looters did not spare the fish-farming program. The areas were abandoned and there was no scientific equipment necessary to research and to farm fish. After the visit of the pastoral programs and rice, medicinal plants, livestock, hatchery, and apiculture plots, I was then led by Mr. DRAMANE TOURE NABLE and Mr. SILUE NAZEHEGNON to the houses of the experts, located in front of the current departments of Agriculture of Katiola.

On this land, there is the social center of Katiola, and by extension the COOPEC of Katiola, which is separated by a wall; later, the cultural center of Katiola, where the office was located within the “coordination center for AID/ERI projects” was occupied by the radio station PULSAR FM 89,7 of Katiola; According the director of the radio, he acquired the property from the city hall of Katiola;

Monsieur Dramane Touré Nablé, demands: - Compensation and reparations mentioned in the reports, for the systematic looting, theft, and destruction of the property of AID/REBIOCI/OAPR/ERI; - Compensation and reparations already mentioned above and in the reports for the crimes of blood, rape, and abuse.

The document continues below with a list of demands for reparations and compensation for the crimes aforementioned above in other parts of this document.

The above document gave background information about ERI already provided above, elsewhere in the document.

The following is a line-by-line cost analysis of all the property that was plundered by the servicemen. Most of the items on the list are typical items you would find in an office space.

A- THE PROPERTY THAT WAS PLUNDERED

B. AQUACULTURE 1.B- AquacultureAQUACULTURE farms (12 ) twelve 12 x 180m32.160m3

2. Justification of equipment 3,800,000

3. Piping 2.60000

4. Water system 3.500,000

5. Draining system 1.500,000

6. Fishes (tilapia) 800,000

7. Food 5,000,000

Total 18,000,000 C SHEEP 1. Herd (05 rams + 20 ewes (breeders)) 500,000 1. Sheep 1.500,000 2. Veterinarians 200,000 3. Installation and equipment 800,000 4. Cleaning products 200,000 5. Feeding dishes and drinking troughs 300,000 Total 3,500,000

D- POULTRY FARM IN BOUAKE (PILLAGED ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE RESIDENCE) 1. Hen house Wood, sheets, wire nettings, cement 3.500,000 2. Equipment and facilities (Drinking troughs, shelters, feeding dishes, sideboards for water, etc.) 1,600,000 3. Area for egg-laying 3,500,000 4. Materials (covers, lamps, rope) 870,000 5. Veterinary products (for growth, maintenance) 950,000 6. Food 1,500,000

7. Stock 700,000 8. Work equipment (wheelbarrows, shovels, rakes) 800,000 Total 13,420,000

E- POULTRY (FIRM near Diabo) 1. Chicken 600 x 2000 1,500,000 2. Food 500,000 3. Materials (Drinking troughs, feeding dishes) 300,000 4. Veterinary products 350,000

5. Installations and equipment 800,000 Total 3,450,000 F-RABBIT HUTCHES 1. Male rabbits (10) + rabbits (40) 150,000 2. Rabbits (80) 240,000 3. Veterinary products 200,000 4. Installations and equipment 975,000 5. Cleaning and maintenance 200,000 6. Granular food 250,000

Total 2,015,000

G- PIG FARM 1. Male pigs (10 and Sows (30) 2,000,000 2.125 pigs 5,000,000 3. Installations and equipment 2,000,000 4. Veterinary products 700,000 5. Cleaning products 300,000 6. Additional equipment (wheelbarrows, shovels, etc.) 200,000 Total 10,200,000

H- OFFICE ANNEX Chairs, tables, office construction and equipment

Total 2 500,000

TOTAL (violence, theft, and looting) in Bouaké TOTAL A- HOME PROPERTIES (IN TABLE) (violence,67,891,000 B-AQUACULTURE theft,18,000 and,000 plunders) in C-SHEEP 3,500,000 Bouaké D-POULTRY FARM 13,420,000

E-POULTRY 3,450,000 F-RABBIT HUTCHES 2,015,000 G-PIG FARM 10.200,000 H-OFFICE ANNEX 2.500,000 TOTAL COST 120,976,000

Order to the sum of one hundred twenty million nine hundred sixty and sixteen thousand CFA Francs (120,976,000 FCFA)

II-REPARATIONS FOR THE LOOTING IN KATIOLA 2009-2010

A. SHEEP 1. Flock 10 rams + 40 sheep (reproductive) 3.500,000 1. Moutons 5,000,000 2. Veterinary products 1,000,000 3. Installations and equipment 2.500,000 4. Maintenance products 1,000,00 5. Feeders and water basins 500,000 Total 13.500,000

B. POULTRY FARM 1. 03 hen houses (hangars) wood, sheet metal, wire mesh, cement 10.500,000 2. Installations and equipment (Water basin, shelters, place to lay eggs, feeders, water 3,000,000 3.utilities) Chickens in lay 9,000,000 4. Diverse materials (plastic, sheets, lamps, rope) 2,000. 000 5. Veterinary products (Growth, care, maintenance) 2.500. 000 6. Food 2.500,000

7. Cardboard lattice (stock) 1,000,000

8.Work tools (wheelbarrows, shoves, rakes…) 1.500,000 Total 32,000,000

C. POULTRY 1. 02 hen houses (hangars) wood, sheet metal, wire mesh, cement 7.500,000 2. Chickens 3000 x 2000 6,000,000 3. Food 2,000,000 4. Material (troughs, feeders) 1,000,000 6. Veterinary products 1,000,000 7. Facilities and equipment 2,000,000 Total 19.500,000

D. RABBIT HUTCHES 1. Male rabbits (30) + female rabbits (150) 800,000 2. Rabbits (1200) 6,000,000 3. Veterinary products 1,000,000 4. Facilities and equipment 2.500,000 5. Troughs, feeders 1,000,000 6. Food 2.500,000 Total 13.800,000

E. PIGSTY 1. Male pigs (10 and sows (30) 2,000,000 2. Product: 3.500 pigs 105,000,000 3. Facilities and equipment 5,000,000 4. Veterinary products 3,000,000 5. Cleaning and maintenance products 1,500,000 6. Additional equipment (wheelbarrows, shovels) 2,000,000 Total 118.500,000

E. OFFICE ANNEX Chairs, tables, office construction and equipment

Total 4,500,000

TOTAL (violence, theft, looting) in Katiola 13,500,000 + 32,000,00 +19,500,000 +13,800,000 +118,500,000+

4,500=201,800,000 FCFA

TOTAL in Bouaké and Katiola: 120,976,000 FCFA +201,800,000 FCFA = 322,776,000 FCFA Reparations: 500,000,000 FCFA

Total Cost: 822,776,000 FCFA

The document below summarized the mission of ERI and the crimes that were perpetuated against the organization (looting, rape, pillaging, murder, etc.). This information has been supplied elsewhere in the document.

I- REPARATIONS FOR THE PILLAGING IN BOUAKE FROM 2003 TO 2009

Types of Designation Marks or Quantity Purchase goods features price Nissan Patrol 4x4 1 70,000,000 Rolling Bikes VTT 1 112,000 Scooters BB 1 387,000

Cold materials Refrigerator 2 doors 1 395,000 and equipment Refrigerator 1 door 1 275,000 Freezer Large Unit 1 230,000 Coolers 1 CV 1 40,000 Thermos 2 50,000 AC Units 5 650,000

Audio-visual Furniture Color screen 1 170,000 equipment T.V 1 270,000 T.V. 1 195 000 Handset Sanyo 1 Compact disc handset Radio 1 320,000 DVD 1 120,000 Speaker HIFI video channel Antenna T.V. 1 35,000 Radio 1 75,000 Cassette

Office Typewriter Large keyboard 1 210,000 equipment photocopier full Canon 1 320,000 desktop 1 2,500,000 computer Local 1 70,000 computer 1 80,000 library Binder 3 24,000 Table 1 75,000 Reprographer. 1

Restaurant Cooking dishes 2 180,000 equipment Glasses 60 50,000 Forks 70 30,000 Spoons 10 40,000 Knives 50 7,000 Cups 50 6,000 Dining table 40 6,000 with 8 chairs 1 12,000 tablecloths and 5 320,000 towels 1 240,000 Buffet tureen 20 85,000 Bowl 3 75,000 Gas (pans, 1 8,000 stove...) 2 12,000 10 18,000 70,000

Types of Designation Marks or Quantity Purchase goods features price Picasso painting Picasso 3 250,000 Art and Statues Local 3 250,000 decoration Flower pots Local 4 125 000 Photo mural 3 50,000 Lamps 2 95,000 Night lights 1 185,000 4 200,000

Living room Lounge Chair 1 1 000,000 Louis 15 1 450,000 lounge chair 2 350,000 Arm chairs 1 200,000 Rocking chairs Terrace lounge 2 750,000 chair 650,000 Carpet floor 2 120,000 Books 6 1,100,000 Encyclopedia Fans Curtains (door, window…)

Bedroom 3 beds with Local 1 350,000 mattress Local 2 300,000 2 beds with Bunk 2 200,000 mattress Local 3 150,000 1 bed with mattress Local 3 240,000 Shoe storage Local 20 180,000 Covers Bed sheets

Total cost of pillaging in Bouaké: 87,067,000 FCFA

Types of Designation Marks or Quantity Purchase goods features price

Hope Washing machine Canon 1 230,000 chest and Costumes Local 4 400,000 laundry Ensembles Pants Local 8 560,000 Shirts Local 7 210,000 Leisure wear Local 15 200,000 Bath towels Local 2 200,000 6 240,000 10 70,000

II- REPARATIONS FOR PILLAGING IN KATIOLA 2009-2010

2.1- PERSONAL ITEMS - Clothing 1,500,000 - “Cold equipment” 3,555,000 - Audio-visual equipment 1,700,000 - Furniture 2,508,000 TOTAL 9,263,000

2.2. CATTLE RANCHING 120 oxen and cows 36,000,000 Veterinary products 500,000 Facilities and equipment 1,500,000

Cleaning products 800,000

Troughs and feeders 750,000

TOTAL 39,550,000

2.2. SHEEP RANCHING 1. 100 sheep 5,000,000 2. Veterinary products 500,000 3. Facilities and equipment 1.500,000 4. Cleaning products 800,000 5. Troughs and feeders 750,000 Total 8,550,00 ta

TOTAL COST (SHOWN BELOW IN IMAGE) 668,130,000 FCFA

The document below explains ERI’s work in the region and the regressive impacts the pillaging, rape, murder, and attacks by the Prime Minister’s servicemen had on their projects. 53

A.POULTRY FARM 1. Hen houses (hangar)

Wood, sheet metal, wire mesh, cement 7,500,000 2. Facilities and installation 5,500,000 (Feeders, shelters, water utilities, egg laying areas) 3. Hens in laying 2,000,000 4. Various materials (Plastic, sheets, lamps, rope) 1,000,000 5. Veterinary products (Growth, maintenance/cleaning) 2,000,000 6. Food 4.500,000

7. Cardboard lattice 2,000,000 8-Work tools (Wheelbarrows, shovels, rakes…) 1,500,000 Total 26,000,000

B.GUINEA FOWL FARM 1. Shelters (hangar) Wood, sheet metal, wire mesh, cement 7,500,000 1. Guinea fowl 3,000,000 2. Food 1.500,000 3. Materials (Feeders, water troughs) 300,000 4. Veterinary products 500,000 5. Facilities and equipment 2,000,000 Total 14,800,000

C. RABBIT HUTCHES 100 imported rabbits 5,000,000 1000 rabbits for exports 7,000,000 3000 rabbits for sale in the local market 15,000,000 Veterinary products 2,000,000 Facilities and equipment 3000,000 Feeders, water troughs 500,000

Food 1,000,000

Total 33,500,000

The document above explains ERI projects. 58

The following document is the findings of the Bailiff:

DEFFERING TO THIS REQUISITION I have SEBRY PAUL Bailiff at the court of appeals of Bouaké and the Tribunal of KATIOLA, in the commerce area; KAKOUMANI building, ex station S.T.KA cell: 08-27-07-70/05-57-37-34.

FINDINGS

The three humanitarian aid workers declared in French: “Mr. TOURE Adrien NANWOLOBAMA, born on January 1st 1954 in Dimbekaha/Katiola, son of TOURE PETIORI and COULIBALY N’DADJIMBAN, a retired teacher, residing in Katiola in the neighborhood of Gbédékaha I, cell: 57-12-73-71;

“I oversaw the agricultural project AID-REBIOCI-ERI in Touro which conducted scientific research, cultivated cotton, rice, corn, and livestock such as sheep and oxen, researched the strains of guinea fowl, hares, partridges, wild ducks in the area and livestock such as oxen, sheep, rabbits, cows, poultry such as turkeys, chickens, laying hens, ducks, guinea fowl, and geese to ensure food security and curb the massive importation of meat in Ivory Coast. We were on the site since 1994 and my family was there for generations.

As such we thanked AID and ERI for their many cooperative programs with international partners, which our organization was the interface of, including the Japanese technical cooperation JOCV-JICA, German, Danish, Belgian, French, American, Canadian, etc. including numerous international NGOs.

This explains why, under the coordination of AID/REBIOCI/ERI, the development of the departments of Katiola, Dabakala, Bouna, and Ouangolo was with aid from the Japanese JOCV-JICA and that the protection and restoration of the Comoé National Park was entrusted to the Department of Zoology of Professor Karl Lisenmellier- at the German University of Wurzburg.

In Katiola, I was the head of the project and all the agro-pastoral programs initiated in the Departments of Katiola and of Dabakala, under the director of scientist Dr. Sangaré Yaya, director of the CNRA of Bouaké and of scientific advisor, Professor Kouakou N’guessan François, President of the University of Bouaké, now the University Allssane Ouattara.

During the course of my activities, well before, during, and after the crisis, I coordinated the program in the North-central region, whose center of operation was Kassemé in Timbé.

I lived in my own residence and bought new furniture at my expense.

Until the end of 2007, the relationship between the populations, the military, under the control of Prime Minister SEM. SORO Kigbafori Guillame, and AID/REBIOCI/ERI humanitarians aid workers did not suffer any suspicion or tension;

Our president, Dr. Dramane Torué Nablé clearly explained in three points the goal of our mission in the

Center, North-central, North, Northeast, and Northwest regions of the Ivory Coast:

1- Ensure peace; help people fight against and overcome poverty and unemployment; ensure the empowerment and financial independence of women; protect children and the elderly; ensure food security for all, reduce the dependence of the Ivory Coast on rice, meat, and other food products imported from other nations and instead produce these goods in the indicated regions.

2- Protect the environment and the climate

3- Ensure the rights of man and the rights of the Earth, reach the goals of the RIO.92 Summit

Addressing the military our president told them:

“Our organization arrived her, at the demand of Ivorian authorities, following a communication in the Council of Ministers. As for you, you are here by the force of arms. We are not armed. Our mode of expression is peace, awareness, education, and training to help communities change attitudes, take charge, and overcome underdevelopment. This is also to help the government and the authorities reach their goals, in a word, we wish to complement the actions of the state by reducing the impact of poverty and climate change.

As for you and other members of the Prime Minister’s army, your mode of expression is the rifle of war. Here, there was no war. Thus, your rifle must be that of peace and the security of people and of property. In the West of the Ivory Coast, there was war. Our organization noticed many the crimes, thefts, and lootings, and destruction of the environment in Zouana-Hounien, Man, Bangolo, Duékoué, Toulepleu, etc. that your military has perpetuated, causing misery in these regions. Like in the North, the region where our project is located, there was no war and, while the region is poor, together we have worked towards peace, without any gunshots, to reduce poverty and regional disparities.

Then he concluded by saying: “I ask you do not repeat your actions in the west here. Protect the populations, the environment, and the climate.”

I should point out that Mr. Touré made the same statements to the Prime Minister’s (SEM. SORO Guillaume Kigbafori) military in Bouaké, Dabakala, Bouna, Tengrela, Boundiali, Odiiénné, Touba, Séguéla, Mankono, Ferkéssedougou, Téhini, Niéllé, and the Comoé National Park.

I should also point out that AID/ERI would give food worth 100 FCFA to servicemen for their daily needs free of cost;

They have always been served without discrimination, being treated the same way as other patrons;

Many of these servicemen had requested to learn modern farming, poultry and cattle farming, reforestation of degraded lands, and how to protect biodiversity, agricultural lands, and the climate from me;

AID/REBIOCI/ERI’s working hours is like those of the peasant farmers and adopted by the Japanese experts of JICA. They start work at 6 in the morning and don’t stop until 7:30, or sometimes 8:00 at night in order to meet the peasant farmers in their homes and prepare the program of the next day.

The mission of the environment-agriculture-livestock program in Katiola was, through scientific research, to produce an abundance of food and, at the same time, oxen, sheep, and poultry for the savanna regions of the north and the east of the country, in order to reduce the importation of food and animal produce coming into the country from neighboring nations and to curb currency problems;

This object has been achieved successfully in all our pastoral farms created in Katiola in Ouangolo and Bouna in Odienné;

The second objective to protect the species of wild Guinea fowl, hares, partridges, combined with the breeding of wild animals, was also a great success, cited across the nation.

The third, namely the protection of the environment and the climate, is in the process of being achieved, seeing that there are numerous and new forests in the North, thanks to our strategy of reforestation through bee pollination, reinforcing the action of the state.

These spectacular results were admired by all and were the pride of the Ivory Coast. Many experts came regularly to learn and work on the project. I should point out that our program attracted many specialists and tourists from around the world.

Before attacking our station in Touro, they had started, as early as February 2008, attacking our most remote programs in Katiola, our headquarters, namely Niellé-Niagbasso, Téhini, Comoé National Park, then Ouangolodougou, Tienko, etc. where they had seized our land, plundered it, and took all of our 205 shea butter presses. More than 10,000 hectares of nurseries, built for reforestation, were looted. All of our databases on organic cotton were looted and sent to an unknown location.

“During the first attack at Niellé Niagbasso, our director, Mr. Dramane Touré Nablé, was motivated by the protests and went to speak to the military officials in Bouaké. They assured him that such attacks would not happen again and they would try to return the looted equipment.

Unfortunately, the assurance given to our director was a lie and an illusion. They attacked our program located at the Comoé National Park ran by the famous German scientist and professor Karl Lisenmellier. Then they attacked our programs situated in the Comoé National Park, Niéllé, Dabakala, and Tortya two weeks later, which resulted in the death of five of our humanitarian aid workers, simply because the military wanted their new motorcycles.

Traoré Mamadou, Coulibaly Yaya, Ouattara Abdoulaye, called « Petit Djimini », Touré Piè and Touré Moussa were tortured and shot in the head for their motorcycles. Mr. Touré Lamine Arouna, managed to jump out of the truck, but they shot him shortly after.”

Many of the female trainees were beaten, injured, and raped. The military looted our rice, maize, millet, sorghum, yam, legume, cotton, medicinal plants, arboriculture, apiculture, reforestation, and endangered species protection programs along with the Comoé National Park and our livestock.”

They occupied the residence of AID/ERI, after having beaten and injured the occupants and looted all the equipment and materials.”

“These behaviors are what we don’t understand, many have said that the acts of these soldiers are political and have been premeditated and planned against our Director because they hate to see him succeed in the North where they have failed”

“Personally, in Katiola, I had undertaken many personal achievements. Unfortunately, I was attacked in Katiola at my residence where all my assets and achievements were looted including those organizational projects, which I managed and was a coordinator for.

These lootings continued to be perpetuated by the same military until 2010, while there was no war in Katiola.

In Touro, they pillaged the AID/REBIOCI/ERI project and my own agriculture and livestock project that our organization used as model for peasant farmers.

In 2003, in Katiola, they intimated me to leave my house that I had constructed over thirty years. I refused and each time they threatened to kill me and traumatize my family especially my wife and children. They even dared to point their rifles at my twins, who were barley three years old at the time, and fired shots near them.

In Katiola, in 2008, they arrested me and took me to the teck forest to have me executed. The jailer, who was my former CE1 student, saved my life and fired shots into the undergrowth. Believing that I was dead, they pillaged my house for loot. Then they went to my farms and fields, looking to pillage my food store, food stocks, and other assets.

I escaped the area with my family, finding refuge in Yamoussoukro until 2011;

To safeguard its interests and rights, I am required to list the property that was looted. The servicemen destroyed 23,345,000 FCFA worth of my belongings and, in my two stores, the products had a value of 3,000,000 FCFA.

In Kassemé, in the south prefecture of Timbé, they also took: - 230 oxen passed down from our family: 69,000,000 FCFA - 01 oxen cart for animal traction: 750,000 FCFA - 235 sheep: 12,750,000 FCFA - 500 hens: 1,750,000 FCFA - 01 SAM LOLIK tractor 130 horses 25,000,000 FCFA - 01 FIAT BOGE tractor 80 horses: 15,000,000 FCFA - 01 tiller 15 horses: 3,500,000 FCFA - 04 motorcycles FCFA: 6,200,000 FCFA - 16 tons of NPK fertilizer (bags of 50 Kg): 5,760,000 FCFA - 06 tons of UREE (16,000 FCFA/per 50 Kg): 1,920,000 FCFA - 250 beehives: 7,500,000 de FCFA - 05 tons of maze: 750,000 FCFA - 20 tons of rice: 5,000,000 FCFA - 01 farm of 1000 laying hens: 8,626,695 FCFA - 01 farm of 1000 chickens: 7,101,878 FCFA - 02 pillaged houses: 3,000,000 FCFA

Cost of damages relating to the looting and thefts: 199,953,573 FCFA. Reparations for moral harm: 500,000,000 FCFA

Total cost: 699,953,573 FCFA

I also asked that the perpetrators be prosecuted and be held responsible for the total cost of 699,953,573 FCFA.” Then, as head of the project and the one responsible for Ivorian personnel, I claimed compensation and required reparations for our five ERI humanitarian aid workers who were tortured then assassinated by the military of the Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, SEM. SORO Guillaume, for; 1-Death of Mr. Traoré Mamadou in Tortya, member of ERI, assassinated by the servicemen of the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, his stolen motorcycle taken by the same servicemen. Reparations for his murder: 1,000,000,000 FCFA Reparations for his stolen motorcycle: 750,000 FCFA Total cost: 1,500,750,000 FCFA

2- The murder at the CIDT, of Mr. Ouattara Abdoulaye, called “Petit Djimini”, and his stolen motorcycle. Reparations for his murder: 1,000,000,000 FCFA Reparations for his stolen motorcycle: 750,000 FCFA Total cost: 1,500,750,000 FCFA

3- The murder at the CIDT, of Coulibaly Yaya and his stolen motorcycle. Reparations for his murder: 1,000,000,000 FCFA Reparations for his stolen motorcycle: 750,000 FCFA Total cost: 1,500,750,000 FCFA

4- The murder at Touro, of Touré Piè and his stolen motorcycle Reparations for his murder: 1,000,000,000 Reparations for his stolen motorcycle: 750,000 FCFA Total cost: 1,500,750,000 FCFA

5- The murder at Touro, of Touré Moussa and his stolen motorcycle Reparations for his murder: 1,000,000,000 Reparations for his stolen motorcycle: 750,000 FCFA Total cost: 1,500,750,000 FCFA

Finally, I call for reparations for Touré ATEBAN, KOYAGA COMBALA and Touré Lamine.

2- Mr. TOURE ATEBAN born in 1974 in Katiola, son of TOURE GNILBIEN and KONE KONAYA, farmer, former secretary of projects in Touro, living in Katiola neighborhood Gbédékaha I, cell number: 09-16-46-16; Everything is ruined on Thursday April 10, 2008, by the murder of TOURE PIE, 21 years old, and TOURE MOUSSA, 32 years old, brothers from the same mother, were murdered by the Prime Ministers’ servicemen. These servicemen shot them in the head and took their motorcycles; The servicemen started to attack in February 2008, by our site in Niéllé-Niagbasso and pillaged all our sheabutter presses, oxen, sheep, nurseries for reforestation of medicinal plants, aromatic plants, mango, orange, teak, African locust beans, sheabutter, etc. Then they attacked our program at the Comoé National Park including the famous German scientist and professor Karl Lisenmellier. Then, a strongly armed military van went to various sites and took our oxen, sheep, poultry, research animals, bee products, etc.; They headed to our buildings, which housed various programs. Having replenished some of the goods they stole, thanks to the various projects, I was attacked by these servicemen again.

In effect, from 2009 to 2010, a second van arrived and took all of the goods that remained at the sites, such as materials, scientific and technical equipment, and databases from our stations and farms; As well as our food stocks (maize and harvested rice), bags of fertilizer, and several hives for beekeeping (apiculture)”; 01 SAM LOLIK tractor 20 horses: 20,000,000 FCFA 01 FIAT BOGE tractor 80 horses: 9,000,000 FCFA 01 tiller 15 horses: 3,500,000 FCFA 02 motorcycles: 1,100,000 FCFA 01 pair of oxen carts: 750,000 FCFA 100 sheep: 5,000,000 FCFA 100 oxen: 30,000,000 FCFA 1500 hens: 5,250,000 FCFA 01 chicken farm: 3,500,000 FCFA 10 tons of NPK fertilizer: 3,600,000 FCFA 07 tons of UREE: 2,240,000 FCFA 50 hives: 1,750,000 de FCFA 05 tons of maize: 750,000 FCFA 01 pillaged house: 600,000 FCFA

Total of 87,040,000 de FCFA for damaged property without loss of human life Reparations for non-material damage (of moral harm): 500,000,000 FCFA Total cost: 587,040,000 FCFA

3- Mr. KOYAGA COMBALA, born in 1962 in Fangolisokora S/P in Dabakala, son of TANGA COMBALA and YOLO COMBALA, farmer, chief mechanic of AID-OARR-REBIOCI-ERI projects in Touro, living in Katiola neighborhood Gbédékaha I, cell: 44-02-85-32 ; “In addition to the cases with TOURE Adrien NANWOLOBAMB and TOURE ATEBAN, I would like to add that the military of Prime Minister Guillaume SORO did not rest and went to our residences in Katiola where the pillaged our homes; The Prime Minister’s military kidnapped four of our humanitarians, MM. Traoré Mamadou, Touré Laime. Coulibaly Yaya and Ouattara Abdoulaye called “Petit Djimini”, and took them to unknown locations. Then we learned later, thanks to Mr. Touré Lamine who succeeded to escape, that they, including himself, were tortured and beaten. When we went to the CIDT, the body of Mr. Coulibaly Yaya was laying in a pile of blood, lifeless and full of bullet holes. Ouattara Abdoulaye, went missing, Traoré Mamadou was tortured in Tortya, and then, Touré Lamine Arounda, was injured went to the hospital where he would never recover. I add that several civilians have been killed and many are still missing to this day; We lost everything and asked the Prime Minister to apologize to us because all our relatives were at the mercy of the soldiers placed under his command and orders. He promised that the perpetrators were going to be prosecuted and we would receive reparations. That day has never come.

The document below details the reparations for the Niamien family.

Sub-total for children and Mr. Niamien 5,395,000 70

3- Living Room 02 armchairs 900,000 02 dining tables and 12 chairs 250,000 01 mat 575,000 01 library 350,000 2 buffets 320,000 1 Sanyo TV 235,000 01 Big Sanyo TV 210,000 01 parabolic antenna 180,000 1 TV antenna 25,000 03 fans 150,000 01 radio cassettes 110,000 04 splits 800,000 Sub-total 4,105,000

4- Bedroom 01 bed 750. 000 01 bed 300. 000 02 bunk beds 150,000 Bedding 420,000 Sub-total 1,620,000

5. Kitchen 01 Freezer 450,000 01 large refrigerator 245,000 05 Iceboxes 200,000 02 Thermos 6,000 02 gas bottles 60,000 02 stoves 180,000 30 plates 9,000 30 glasses 25,000 10 soup kettles 120,000 20 spoons 6,500 10 earthenware cups 80,000 5 pots 240,000 15 pans 150,000 06 dinnerware sets 260,000 Sub-total 2,031,500

A. Poultry Farms 1. Sheds 2,000,000 2. Equipment and facilities 1,900,000 3. Laying hens 3,500,00 4. Chicks 1,355,000 5. Chickens 500 x 2500 1,250,000

6. Materials (plastic, sheets, lamps, rope) 1,000,000 7. Veterinary products 700,000

8. Chicken feed 1,500,000

9. Work tools (wheelbarrows, shovels, rakes…) 500,000

Sub-total 13,705,000

B Sheepfold 1. Flock of 10 rams + 40 sheep (reproducers) 2,000,000 2. Lambs 500,000 2. Veterinary products 600,000 3. Equipment and facilities 1,000,000 4. Maintenance products 300,000 5. Feeders and water troughs 350,000 Sub-total 4,750,000

C Cattle Farm 1. Herd of 105 cows 28,500,000 2. Heard of 75 cows 25,000,000 3. Veterinary products 2,500,000 4. Equipment and facilities 3,000,000 5. Maintenance products 1,500,000 6. Feeders and water troughs 350,000 Sub-total 60,850,000

D. STORE Construction and local equipment 1,500,000 Sub-total 1,500,000

II- Compensation and Reparations for non-material harm - Compensation and Reparations for Mrs. Niamien: 500,000,000 FCFA

TOTAL GENERAL: 108,522,200 FCFA+ 500,000,000 = 608,522,200 FCFA

After the hearing of Mrs. NIAMIEN BI GOLE born YAO LOU SEKA, I continued to listen to hearings on FRIDAY, MARCH 21, such as the one from her assistant and head of the program for the training of women, Ms. OGUIDI Sakiratou, born December 12, 1983 in Bingerville, daughter of Issoufou Oguidi and Koffi Adjoua who also suffered theft, pillaging, and violence at the hands of the Prime Minister’s military.

The list below is an estimation of the goods that were looted:

1-Looting and theft of personal goods of Ms. OGUIDI Sakiratou

45 sets of women clothing 1,800,000 30 Wax Hollandais 1,200,000 20 Wax Made in Côte d’Ivoire 800,000 25 Kita sets 1,500,000 10 Kita loincloths 400,000 10 Baoulé loincloths 350,000

12 pairs of shoes 550,000 9 handbags 325,000 5 suitcases 150,000 Jewelry 1,000,000 Sub-total 8,075,000

2- Living room 01 lounge chair 300,000 01 dining table with 6 chairs 100,000 01 mat 100,000 01 library 100,000 01 buffet 50,000 01 big TV 195,000 02 small TVs 250,000 01 DVD player 90,000 01 antenna 150,000 1 TV antenna 25,000 3 fans 75,000 0 1 radio cassettes 110,000 03 splits 600,000 Sub-total 2,145,000

3- Bedroom 01 bed 750. 000 01 bed 300. 000 02 bunk beds 150,000 Bedding 420,000 Sub-total 1,620,000

4- Kitchen Freezer 205,000 01 refrigerator 105,000 01 icebox 75,000 01 Thermos 3,000 02 bottles of gas 60,000 01 stove 77,000 10 plates 3,000 30 glasses 9,000 02 soup kettles 24,000 20 spoon 4000 5 pots 150,000 5 pans 100,000

02 dinnerware sets 20,000 Sub-total 835,000

5. Poultry Farms 5.1-Poultry Farm 1 1. Sheds 1,000,000 2. Facilities and equipment 1,900,000

3. Laying hens 3.500,000 4. Materials 1,00 5. Veterinary products 700,000

6. Food 500,000 7. Miscellaneous 350,000 Sub-total 8,950,000

5.2- Poultry Farm 2 1. Sheds 1,000,000 2. Facilities and equipment 1,900,000 3. Laying hens 3,500,000 4. Materials 1,000,000 5. Veterinary products 700,000 6. Food 500,000 7. Miscellaneous 350,000 Sub-total 8,950,000

6- SHEEPFOLD 1. Flock of 10 rams + 40 sheep (reproducers) 2,000,000 2. Lambs 500,000 2. Veterinary products 600,000 3. Facilities and equipment 1,000,000 4. Maintenance products 300,000 5. Feeders and water troughs 350,000 Sub-total 4,750,000

We have lost everything and demand that the perpetrators of these crimes are punished and that we receive reparations I have 89

DEFFERING TO THIS SEBRY PAUL REQUISITIO Bailiff at the court of appeals of Bouaké and the Tribunal of KATIOLA, in the commerce N area; KAKOUMANI building, ex station S.T.KA cell: 08-27-07-70/05-57-37-34.

Note: Mr. SILUE NAZEHEGNON auditioned, produced a list of effects and we estimate them below:

On the site of EX SODEFEL: 1000 hives = 35,000,000 FCFA;

On the site of SODESUCRE: 1000 hives = 35,000,000 FCFA;

On the site of OUEREGUEKAHA: 500 ruches à raison de 35,000 FCFA = 17,500,000 FCFA

On the site of TOURO: 500 hives = 17,500,000 FCFA;

On the site of the training site at Gborogbo: 300 hives = 10,500,000 FCFA;

On the site of Kafiné: 200 hives = 7,000,000 FCFA

At the headquarters of C.I.M.K.A:

1000 hives = 35,000,000 FCFA;

1000 supports = 35,000,000 FCFA; 155 pollen traps = 5,425,000 FCFA; 62 apiarian barrels = 2,170,000 FCFA; 155 apiarian buckets = 5,425,000 FCFA; 100 bee smokers = 3,500,000 FCFA;

IX- OUR WORK AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS BEFORE THEY WERE PLUNDERED.

KATIO 10 RICE, developed in Katiola by ERI-USA researchers, could have ensured food independence in rice for the North of the Ivory Coast if not for the pillaging of the project by the military.

Here is all that is left of the Katio 10 Rice program, after the pillaging of our stations and databases in Touro and in Katiola, followed by violence against our researchers.

OUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE WEST DURING THE WAR

Observations: In the west where the war was the most serve, there was no pillaging of our results nor any murders of our humanitarian aid workers, nor any violence against our experts. This was 100

the complete opposite of the situation in Katiola.

Our program of reforestation through bee pollination, to reduce carbon emissions, a true success, before it was destroyed by the military placed under the orders of the Prime Minister.

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Here is all that is left of our important conservatory of medicinal and aromatic plants after it was pillaged and destroyed.

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This is what is left of our sites

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The traces of bullets in the wall are visible everywhere. Here is all that is left of the fish farming programing

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X- COST OF COMPENSATION AND REPARATIONS FOR THE ERI-USA MEMBERS WHO WERE VICTIMS OF ASSASSINATION, RAPE, TORTURE, AND LOOTING 10.1- Summary 10.1.1- ERI-USA members who were murdered, tortured, injured, looted 10.1.1.1-Ouattara Abdoulaye: killed by the Carlos group, October 2, 2002 Lycée 1.500.750,000 10.1.1.2-Coulibaly YAYA: killed by the Carlos group, 29 Nov. 2002 near CIDT 1.500.750,000 10.1.1.3-Traoré Mamadou: killed on 02/01/ 2009 in Tortya by the Carlos group 1.500.750,000 10.1.1.4-Touré Piè: killed by the Carlos group, 10 Av.2008 in Touro 1.500.750,000 10.1.1.5-Touré Moussa: killed by the Carlos group, 10/04/2008 in Touro 1.500.750,000 Total 1,500,750,000 FCFA X 5 = 7,503,750,000 FCFA

10.1.2- Female humanitarians who were raped, tortured, looted 10.1.2.1-violence and torture of Mrs. Oguidi Sakiratou 567,075,000 10.1.2.2- violence and torture of 37 female aid workers: 615,000,000 Total: 1,182,075,000 FCFA 10.1.3- Wounded humanitarian aid workers who died from his injuries Touré Lamine Arouna: 629,330,575 10.1.4- Failed assassination of humanitarians and the looting of their property 10.1.4.1- Touré Adrien Nawolobamba: 699,953,573 10.1.4.2- Touré ATEBAN: 587,040,000 10.1.4.3- Koyaga Combala: 569,820,000 Total: 2,856,813,573 FCFA 10.1.5- Humanitarians tortured, their property pillaged 10.1.5.1-Pr. Kouakou N’guessan François 822,776,000 10.1.5.2- Dr. Sangaré Yaya 668,130,000 10.1.5.3- Dr. Ogri Adama Diarra 582,071,000 10.1.5.4- Mrs. Niamien BI GOLE born YAO LOU 608,522.200 10.1.5.5- Silué Nazéhégnon 625,020,000 Total: 3,306,519,200 FCFA 10.1.6- Female volunteer who became blind after begin tortured Widow Koffi Tanou 517,000,000

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Total: 517,000,000

Total personnel ERI-USA: 7,503,750,000 + 1,182,075,000 +629,330,575 +2,856,813,573 + + 3,306,519,200 + 517,000,000 = 15,995,488,348 FCFA

10.1.7- COMPENSATION AND REPARATIONS FOR LOOTED ERI-USA PROJECTS - Medicinal and aromatic plant project 14.500,000,000 - Compensation for 500 tons of honey 11,000,000,000 - Compensation for 155,755 hives 8,172,650,000 - Compensation for the Katio 10 Rice project 15,950,000,000 - Organic cotton project 5,450,000,000 - Rubber of the North Project (Gohiné Landolphia) 3,150,000,000 - Compensation for 140,000 fruit tree nurseries 700,000,000 - Compensation for cow and goat project 2,372,000,000 - Compensation for wild Guiena fowl and hares projects 5,445,000,000 - Compensation for women projects 1,472,000,000 - Compensation for looted materials 1,214,670,000 - Compensation for sheabutter presses 4,474,000,000

Grand Total: 73,900,320,000 FCFA

10.2—FIGURES OF COMPENSATION FOR ERI-USA MEMBERS WHO WERE TORTURED AND PILLAGED

10.2.1- ERI Member: Pr. KOUAKOU N’guessan François Ex-President of the University of Bouaké and science advisor for ERI-Africa

DATES AND PLACE Date of the first extortion in Bouaké of the science advisor of ERI-USA and President of the University of Bouaké, Pr. Kouakou N’guessan François: 22 September 2002. Date of the second extortion in Katiola, the pillage of his property and those of his family, December 22nd 2009, by the military of the Ivory Coast, placed under the orders and command of the Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, SEM. Kigbafori Guillaume, while there was no war in Katiola

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES

Which agency: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE

MANDATE GIVEN MANADATE FROM ERI-USA: YES

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY Pr. KOUAKOU N’GUESSAN, TORTURED D AND PLUNDERED IN BOUAKE IN KATIOLA BY SERVICEMEN, IN A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THIS REGION OF THE COUNTRY

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COMPENSATION Cost in FCFA NAME DATE OF N° AGE TORTURED RAPED COST BIRTH

0 KOUAKOU N'GUESSAN FRANCOIS 1944 71 YES NO 822,776,000

COUT TOTAL 822,776,000

10.2.2- ERI-USA member tortured and pillaged: Dr. SANGARE YAYA Ex-Director CNRA-BOUAKE, Science director of ERI-Africa

DATE AND PLACE -Date of abuses in Bouaké, of the science director of ERI-USA and departmental director of the CNRA Bouaké, Dr. Sangaré Yaya, the pillaging of his property on 22 September 2002. -Date of abuses in Katiola, of the science director of ERI-USA, Dr. Sangaré Yaya, the pillaging of his property and those of his family on 22 December 2009

. SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL

MANDATE GIVEN MANADATE FROM ERI-USA: YES

COMPENSATION

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY Dr. SANGARE YAYA, TORTURED AND PILLAGED IN BOUAKE THEN IN KATIOLA, BY THE MILITARY WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THE REGION. Cost in FCFA DATE OF N° NAME AGE TORTURED RAPED COST BIRTH Dr. YAYA SANGARE 1945 70 YES NO 668.130,000

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TOTAL 668.130,000

10.2.3 ERI-USA member tortured and pillaged: Dr. Adama DIARRA Director of the ERI breeding program in the savanna regions of the Ivory Coast

DATE AND PLACE Date of abuses in Katiola, towards the ERI-USA science director, Dr. Adama DIARRA, looting of his property and those of his family on 22 December 2009.

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL

MANDATE GIVEN MANADATE FROM ERI-USA: YES

COMPENSATION

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY MME NIAMIEN, TORTURED AND PILLAGED IN KATIOLA BY THE MILITARY WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THE REGION.

Cost in FCFA

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DATE OF N° NAME AGE TORTURED RAPED COST BIRTH

1 Dr. ADAMA DIARRA 1972 43 YES NO 582,071,000

TOTAL 582,071,000

10.2.4-ERI-USA member tortured and pillaged: Mrs. YAO Lou Séka spouse of Juliette Niamien Director of the ERI-USA program for the promotion of women in Man, Katiola

DATE AND PLACE Date of the first abuse in MAN, of the Director of the ERI-USA program for the promotion of women, Mrs. Niamien, of her goods and those of her family on 29 November 2002. Date of the second abuse in Katiola, with pillaging of her goods and those of her family: 22 December 2009.

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL

MANDATE GIVEN MANADATE FROM ERI-USA: YES

COMPENSATION REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY YAO LOU SEKA JULIETTE EPSE NIAMIEN, WHO WAS TORTURED AND PILLAGED IN MAN THEN IN KATIOLA BY THE MILITARY WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THE REGION.

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Cost in FCFA DATE N° NAME AGE TORTURED RAPED COST OF BIRTH

01 YAO LOU SEKA JULIETTE 1952 63 YES NO 608,522,2000 Niamien

10.2.5- ERI-USA member tortured and pillaged: TOURE ADRIEN NAWOLOBAMBA Responsible for the ERI-USA program for rural mentoring

DATE AND PLACE Date of the first threat by the military, occupying his house by force: 2003 Date of the first failed assassination in the teck forest in Katiola: 2008 Date of abuse in Katiola, of Mr. Touré Adrien, with the pillaging of his property and those of his family on 22 December 2009 SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL

MANDATE GIVEN MANADATE FROM ERI-USA: YES

COMPENSATION REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF TOURE ADRIEN, TORTURED AND PILLAGED IN KATIOLA BY THE MILITARY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THE REGION. Cost in FCFA

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DATE OF N° NAME AGE TORTURED RAPED COST BIRTH TOURE ADRIEN NANWOLO 1954 61 0 YES NO 699,953,573

TOTAL COST 699,953,573

10.2.6- ERI-USA member tortured and pillaged: M. TOURE ATEBAN

DATE AND PLACE Date of abuse in Katiola, of Mr. Touré ATEBAN, pillaging of his property and those of his family: 22 December 2009

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN

MANDATE GIVEN MANADATE FROM ERI-USA: YES

COMPENSATION

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF TOURE ATEBAN WHO WAS TORTURED AND LOOTED IN BOUAKE THEN KATIOLA, BY THE MILITARY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THIS REGION.

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Cost in FCFA DATE OF BIRTH N° NAME AGE TORTURED RAPED COST

00 TOURE ATEBAN 1974 41 YES NO 587,040,000 TOTAL 587,040,000

10.2.7-ERI-USA member tortured and pillaged: KOYAGA COMBALA

DATE AND PLACE Date of abuses in Katiola, of Mr. KOYAGA Combala, pillaging of his propetyy and those of his family, 22 December 2009, by the military.

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN

MANDATE GIVEN MANADATE FROM ERI-USA: YES

COMPENSATION REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY COMBALA’S FAMILY, TORTURED AND PILLAGED IN KATIOLA BY THE MILITARY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THE REGION. Cost in FCFA

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DATE OF BIRTH N° NAME AGE TORTURED RAPED COST

00 KOYAGA COMBALA 1962 53 YES NO 569,820,000 TOTAL 569,820,000

10.2.8- ERI-USA member tortured and pillaged: SILUE NAZEHEGNON

DATE AND PLACE Date of abuses in Katiola, of Mr. SILUE NAZEHEGNON, pillaging of his property and those of his family on 22 December 2009 by the military

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN

MANDATE GIVEN MANADATE FROM ERI-USA: YES

COMPENSATION REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY MR. SILUE NAZEHEGNON TORTURED AND PILLAGED IN KATIOLA BY THE MILITARY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO

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WAR IN THE REGION.

Cost in FCFA DATE OF BIRTH N° NAME AGE TORTURED RAPED COST

00 SILUE NAZEHEGNON 1973 45 YES NO 625,020,000 TOTAL 625,020,000

10.2.9- ERI-USA member tortured and pillaged: TOURE HAROUNA LAMINE

DATE AND PLACE Date of abuses in Katiola, of Mr. TOURE HAROUNA LAMINE, the looting of his property and those of his family on 22 December 2009 by the military.

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN

MANDATE GIVEN MANADATE FROM ERI-USA: YES

COMPENSATION REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY THE FAMILY OF TOURE

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LAMINE HAROUNA WHO WAS TORTURED, MORTALLY INJURED, PILLAGED, AND DIED IN KATIOLA BECAUSE OF THE INJURIES HE SUSTAINED FOR HIS MOTORCYCLE BY THE MILITARY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THE REGION Cost in FCFA DATE OF N° NAME AGE TORTURED RAPED COST BIRTH 00 TOURE HAROUNA LAMINE 1977 38 YES NO 629,330,573 TOTAL 629,330,573

10.2.10- ERI-USA member tortured and pillaged: WIDOW KOFFI TANOU

DATE AND PLACE

Date of abuse when Widow Koffi TANOU was tortured on 10 Aril 2008 till the end of December 2010 by the military

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN

MANDATE GIVEN MANADATE FROM ERI-USA: YES

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COMPENSATION

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY WIDOW KOFFI TANOU, TORTURED AND PILLAGED THEN BLINDED BY THE SERVICEMEN WHO MURDERED TWO CHILDREN. THEY TRAMUATISED AND THREATENED HER FOR MONTHS BEFORE THEY KILLED THEM.

Cost en FCFA DATE OF BIRTH N° NAME AGE TORTURED RAPED COST

VEUVE KOFFI TANOU 0 1944 71 YES NO 517,000,000

COUT TOTAL 517,000,000

10.2.11- ERI-USA member tortured and pillaged: Mrs. OGIDI SAKIRATOU, Director of the training and supervision of women for ERI-USA in Katiola

DATE AND PLACE Date of abuses, rape, and looting in Katiola of all the property of Mrs. OGIDI SAKIRATOU and those of her family on 22 December 2009 and her health continues to suffer from these actions (rape); these crimes were caused by the military.

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN

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MANDATE GIVEN MANADATE FROM ERI-USA: YES

COMPENSATION REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY THE FAMILY OF OGIDI SAKIRATOU WHO WAS TORTURED, RAPED, AND WHOSE PROPERTY WAS LOOTED BY THE MILITARY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THE REGION.

Cost in FCFA DATE OF Constantly N° NAME AGE Tortured Raped Injured COST BIRTH sick OGIDI 1983 32 YES SAKIRATOU YES YES YES 567,075,000 TOTAL 567,075,000

10.2.12- ERI-USA female trainees who were raped, tortured, looted: rape and looting of 37 foreigners

Date of abuses, rape, and looting in Katiola of the property of the 37 foreigners, technical assistants and trainees on 22 December 2009, they suffer from decreased health as a consequence of these crimes caused by the military.

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN

MANDATE GIVEN MANADATE FROM ERI-USA: YES

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COMPENSATION REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY THE 37 TRAINEES WHO WERE TORTURED, RAPED, AND LOOTED BY THE MILITARY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THIS REGION.

Cost in FCFA DATE OF N° NAME AGE TORTURED RAPED COST BIRTH 37 FORMATRICES ETRANGERES 00 YES YES 615,000,000 TOTAL 615,000,000

10.2.13- ERI member who was assassinated, tortured, and pillaged: OUATTARA ABDOULAYE

DATE AND PLACE Assassinated on 2 October 2002 by the military, near the Katiola high school, for his motorcycle

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN

MANDATE ERI-USA: YES

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COMPENSATION

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY OUATTARA ABDOULAYE, WHO WAS TORTURED AND ASSASINATED BY THE MILITARY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THIS REGION.

Cost en FCFA DATE OF N° NAME AGE Tortured Assassinated COST BIRTH 00 OUATTARA ABDOULAYE 1983 32 YES YES 1,500,750,000

TOTAL 1,500,750,000

10.2.14- ERI-USA member who was assassinated, tortured, and pillaged: COULIBALY YAYA

DATE AND PLACE Tortured then assassinated on 29 November 2002, near the CIDT of Katiola by the military.

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN

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COMPENSATION

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY COULIBALY YAYA, WHO WAS TORTURED AND ASSASINATED IN KATIOLA BY THE MILITARY FOR HIS MOTORCYCLE DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THIS REGION.

Cost in FCFA DATE OF N° NAME AGE Tortured Assassinated COST BIRTH 00 COULIBALY YAYA 1974 41 YES YES 1,500,750,000 TOTAL 1,500,750,000

10.2.15- ERI-USA member who was assassinated, tortured, and pillaged: TRAORE Mamadou

DATE AND PLACE

Date of the assassination and torture of TRAORE Mamadou: 02 January 2009 in Tortya for his motorcycle, pillaged in Katiola of all his goods and those of his family by the military.

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN

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MANDATE ERI-USA : YES

COMPENSATION

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY TRAORE MAMADOU, WHO WAS TORTURED AND ASSASINATED IN TORTYA BY THE MILITARY FOR HIS MOTORCYCLE AND PROPERTY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THIS REGION.

Cost in FCFA DATE OF N° NAME AGE Tortured Assassinated COST BIRTH 00 TRAORE MAMADOU 1978 37 YES YES 1.500.750,000 TOTAL 1.500.750,000

10.2.16- ERI-USA member who was assassinated, tortured, and pillaged: TOURE PIE

Assassinated on THURSDAY 10 April 2008 in Touro for his motorcycle and property in Katiola by the military

DATE AND PLACE Assassinated on THURSDAY 10 April 2008 in

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES

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From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN

MANDATE ERI-USA: YES

COMPENSATION

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY TOURE PIE, WHO WAS TORTURED AND ASSASINATED IN TOURO BY THE MILITARY FOR HIS MOTORCYCLE AND PROPERTY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THIS REGION.

Cost in millions of FCFA DATE OF N° NAME AGE Tortured Assassinated COST BIRTH YES 00 TOURE PIE 06/11/84 Bouaké 24 YES 1,500,750,000 10/04/2008 TOTAL 1,500,750,000

10.2.17- ERI-USA member who was assassinated, tortured, and pillaged: TOURE MOUSSA

Assassinated on THURSDAY 10 April 2008 in Touro for his motorcycle and property in Katiola by the military DATE AND PLACE

Assassinated on THURSDAY 10 April 2008 in Touro

SUPPORT

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He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE Nature of support: MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN

MANDATE ERI-USA: YES

COMPENSATION

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY TOURE MOUSSA, WHO WAS TORTURED AND ASSASINATED IN TORTYA BY THE MILITARY FOR HIS MOTORCYCLE AND PROPERTY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THIS REGION.

Cost in millions of FCFA DATE OF N° NAME AGE Tortured Assassinated COST BIRTH 01/07/1975 YES 00 TOURE MOUSSA 33 YES 1.500.750,000 Bouaké-Koko 10/04/2008 TOTAL 1.500.750,000

XI- COST OF COMPENSATION AND REPARATIONS FOR THE RELATIVES OF THE VICTIMS WHO WERE ERI-USA MEMBERS WHO WERE ASSASSINATED, RAPED, TORTURED, AND PILLAGED

OVERVIEW OF COMPENSATION AND REPARATIONS FOR RELATIVES OF THE VICTIMS

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1- RELATIVES OF Pr. KOUAKOU N. François: 300,000,000 FCFA 2- RELATIVES OF Dr. Adama DIARRA: 200,000,000 FCFA 3- RELATIVES OF Mrs. Niamien: 290,000,000 FCFA 4- RELATIVES OF Touré Adrien: 350,000,000 FCFA 5- RELATIVES OF Touré Atéban: 100,000,000 FCFA 6- RELATIVES OF Touré Harouna Lamine: 320,000,000 FCFA 7- RELATIVES OF Widow Koffi Tanou: 300,000,000 FCFA 8- RELATIVES OF Ogidi Sakiratou: 350,000,000 FCFA 9- RELATIVES OF Touré Piè: 480,000,000 FCFA 10- RELATIVES OF Touré Moussa: 480,000,000 FCFA

11- Total : 3,170,000,000 FCFA

11.1-Reparations for the relatives of Pr. KOUAKOU N’guessan François Ex-president of the University of Bouaké and scientific advisor for ERI-Africa

We are very traumatized and affected by the pillaging of them and Pr. KOUAKOU N’guessan, who were victims of an aggressive military in Katiola. We demand compensation and corresponding reparations.

DATES AND PLACES

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Date of the first extortion in Bouaké of the science advisor of ERI-USA and President of the University of Bouaké, Pr. Kouakou N’guessan François: 22 September 2002. Date of the second extortion in Katiola, the pillage of his property and those of his family, December 22nd 2009, by the military of the Ivory Coast, placed under the orders and command of the Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, SEM. Kigbafori Guillaume, while there was no war in Katiola

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE

COMPENSATION Compensation and reparations for relatives: 300,000,000 FCFA Cost in millions of FCFA DATE OF N° NAME AGE TORTURE RAPED COST BIRTH D

0 KOUAKOU N'GUESSAN FRANCOIS 1944 71 YES non 01 Mrs. Kouakou spouse of LILIANE 1944 71 YES non 50 02 KOUAKOU YVES 1974 41 YES non 50 03 KOUAKOU JOSETTE KABEYA 1975 40 YES non 50 04 KOUAKOU FRANCINE ARLETTE 1979 36 YES non 50 05 KOUAKOU CORINNE YELAKAN 1976 39 YES non 50 06 KOUAKOU JEAN FRANCOIS LAFON 1979 36 YES non 50

COUT TOTAL 300

11.2-Reparations for the relatives of Dr. Adama DIARRA, Director of the ERI-USA livestock program in Katiola in the savanna regions of the Ivory Coast with his spouse, children, uncle, aunt cousins, relatives, and trainees

We are very traumatized and affected by the pillaging of them and Dr. Adama Diarra, who were victims of an aggressive military in Katiola. We demand compensation and corresponding reparations.

DATE AND PLACE Date of abuses in Katiola, of the ERI-USA science director, Dr. Adama DIARRA, the looting of his property and those of his family on 22 December 2009 by the military.

SUPPORT

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He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE

COMPENSATION Compensation and reparations for relatives: 200,000,000 FCFA

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY THE FAMILY OF Dr. SANGARE YAYA, WHO WAS TORTURED AND PILLAGED IN BOUAKE THEN KATIOLA BY THE MILITARY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THE REGION.

Cost in millions of FCFA DATE OF N° NAME AGE TORTURED RAPED COST BIRTH Dr. ADAMA DIARRA 1972 43 YES NO COULIBALY WOROKYA 1987 28 YES NO 150 KOUAME Blahoua 1984 31 YES NO 50 TOTAL 200

11.3-Reparations for the relatives of Mrs. YAO LOU SEKA JULIETTE EPSE NIAMIEN, Director of the ERI-USA program for the promotion of women in Katiola in the savanna regions of the Ivory Coast with her spouse Mr. Niamien, her children, her nephews, her nieces, and her relatives.

We are very traumatized and affected by the pillaging of them and Mrs. YAO LOU SEKA JULIETTE EPSE NIAMIEN, who were victims of an aggressive military in Katiola. We demand compensation and corresponding reparations.

DATE AND PLACE Date of the first abuse in MAN, of the director of the ERI-USA program for the promotion of women, Mrs. Niamien, of her goods and those of her family on 29 November 2002.

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Date of the second abuse in Katiola, with pillaging of her goods and those of her family: 22 December 2009.

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE

COMPENSATION Compensation and reparations for relatives: 290,000,000 FCFA.

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY THE FAMILY OF YAO LOU SEKA JULIETTE EPSE NIAMIEN, WHO WAS TORTURED AND PILLAGED IN BOUAKE THEN KATIOLA BY THE MILITARY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THE REGION.

Cost in millions of FCFA DATE OF N° NAME AGE TORTURED RAPED COST BIRTH

00 YAO LOU SEKA JULIETTE EPSE NIAMIEN 1952 63 YES NO 01 NIAMIEN BI GOLE 1952 63 YES NO 150 02 NIAMIEN BI GORE HUGUES BERTRAND 1985 30 YES NO 20 03 NIAMIEN LOU ZOIN CARINE SONIA 1988 27 YES NO 25 04 NIAMIEN ZOUHOU LOU KAGUINI 1989 26 YES NO 25 05 GNIAMIEN LOU SOHIN CINTHIA 1981 34 YES NO 25 06 Seregone Lou Volenan Prisca 1996 19 YES NO 20 Goli Lou Siami Helene 1969 45 07 YES NO 25

TOTAL 290

11.4- Reparations for the relatives of TOURE ADRIEN NAWOLOBAMBA, Responsible for the ERI-USA farm program in Katiola and in the savanna regions in the Ivory Coast with his nephews, nieces, children, and relatives

We are very traumatized and affected by the pillaging of them and Mr. Touré Adrien Nawolobamba who were victims of an aggressive military in Katiola. We demand compensation and corresponding reparations.

DATE AND PLACE

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Date of the first threat by the military, occupying his house by force: 2003 Date of the first failed assassination in the teck forest in Katiola: 2008 Date of abuse in Katiola, of Mr. Touré Adrien, with the pillaging of his property and those of his family on 22 December 2009

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE

COMPENSATION Compensation and reparations for relatives: 350,000,000 FCFA

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY THE FAMILY OF TOURE ADIREN, WHO WAS TORTURED AND PILLAGED IN BOUAKE THEN IN KATIOLA BY THE MILITARY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THE REGION.

Cost in millions of FCFA DATE OF N° NAME AGE TORTURED RAPED COST BIRTH TOURE ADRIEN NANWOLO 1954 61 0 YES NO 01 Mrs. HIE BEATRICE Epse Adrien 1965 50 YES NO 150 TOURE HIENAN AIME ROMEO 2004 11 02 YES NO 50 TOURE N’YOU AIME ROMAIN 2004 11 03 YES NO 50 TOURE KONANKPO JEAN YVES 1989 16 04 YES NO 50 YOURE KITCHINFOLO YVES 1989 16 05 YES ROLAND NO 50

COUT TOTAL 350

11.5- Reparations for the relatives of Mr. TOURE ATEBAN

Responsible for the ERI-USA farm program in Katiola and in the savanna regions in the Ivory Coast with his nephews, nieces, children, and relatives, and spouse

We are very traumatized and affected by the pillaging of them and Mr. Touré Ateban who were victims of an aggressive military in Katiola. We demand compensation and corresponding reparations.

DATE AND PLACE

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Date of abuses in Katiola, of Mr. Touré ATEBAN, the looting of his property and those of his family on 22 December 2009 by the military.

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE

COMPENSATION Compensation and reparations for relatives: 100,000,000 FCFA

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY THE FAMILY OF TOURE ATEBAN, WHO WAS TORTURED AND PILLAGED IN BOUAKE THEN KATIOLA BY THE MILITARY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THE REGION.

Cost in millions of FCFA DATE OF N° NAME AGE TORTURED RAPED COST BIRTH 00 TOURE ATEBAN 1974 41 YES NO 01 COULIBALY YETIOT spouse of ATEBAN 1985 30 YES NO 100 TOTAL 100

11.6- Reparations for the relatives of TOURE HAROUNA LAMINE Responsible for the ERI-USA farm program in Katiola and in the savanna regions in the Ivory Coast with his nephews, nieces, children, and relatives

We are very traumatized and affected by the pillaging of them and Mr. Touré Lamine, who were victims of an aggressive military in Katiola. We demand compensation and corresponding reparations.

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DATE AND PLACE Date of abuses in Katiola, of Mr. TOURE HAROUNA LAMINE, the looting of his property and those of his family on 22 December 2009 by the military.

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE

COMPENSATION Compensation and reparations for relatives: 320,000,000 FCFA.

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY THE FAMILY OF TOURE LAMINE HAROUNA, WHO WAS TORTURED, MORTALLY INJURED (DECEASED IN KATIOLA FROM TOSE INJURIES) AND PILLAGED IN KATIOLA FOR HIS MOTORCYCLE BY THE MILITARY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THE REGION.

Cost in millions of FCFA DATE OF Sick and N° NAME AGE Tortured Pillaged DCD COST BIRTH Injured traumatized TOURE 00 HAROU 1977 38 YES YES YES YES YES NA 01 N’GONELAMINE N’DAO 1941 74 YES 300 ESMEL ARMEL 02 1985 30 YES YES YES YES 20 DEROCHE TOTAL 320

11.7- Reparations for the relatives of widow KOFFI TANOU, mother of two assassinated humanitarian aid workers (Touré Piè and Touré Moussa) by the soldiers of Mr. SORRO, his children, his nephews, his nieces and his relatives

We are very traumatized and affected by the pillaging of them and widow Koffi Tanou, who were victims of an aggressive military in Bouaké. We demand compensation and corresponding reparations.

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DATE AND PLACE Date of abuse when Widow Koffi TANOU was tortured on 10 Aril 2008 till the end of December 2010 by the military

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE

COMPENSATION Compensation and reparations for relatives: 300,000,000 FCFA

Cost in millions of FCFA

DATE OF N° NAME AGE TORTURED Injured RAPED PILLAG TRAUMATISED COST BIRTH E ED VEUVE KOFFI TANOU 1944 71 YES YES NON YES YES 01 TOURE AICHA NABY 1974 41 YES 50 02 TOURE WOLY 1982 33 YES 50 TOURE TOUHO 03 1988 27 MAMADOU YES 50 YAO AMENA MARIE 04 1974 41 ANICK YES 50 05 TOURE SIE 1973 42 YES 50 06 TOURE ISSOUF 1971 44 YES 50 TOTAL COST 300

11.8- Reparations for the relatives of OGIDI Sakiratou, tortured and raped Responsible for the ERI-USA farm program in Katiola and in the savanna regions in the Ivory Coast with his nephews, nieces

We are very traumatized and affected by the pillaging of them and Mrs. Ogidi Sakiratou, who were victims of an aggressive military in Katiola. We demand compensation and corresponding reparations.

DATE AND PLACE OF THE CRIME

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Date of abuses, rape, and looting in Katiola of all the property of Mrs. OGIDI SAKIRATOU and those of her family on 22 December 2009 and her health continues to suffer from these actions (rape); these crimes were caused by the military.

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE

COMPENSATION Compensation and reparations for relatives: 350,000,000 FCFA

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR TRAUMA SUFFERED BY THE FAMILY OF OGIDI SAKIRATOU, WHO WAS TORTURED, RAPED, AND PILLAGED IN KATIOLA BY THE MILITARY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THE REGION.

Cost in millions of FCFA DATE OF N° NAME AGE TORTURED RAPED COST BIRTH OGIDI SAKIRATOU 1983 32 00 YES YES 01 ASSIATA ASUNKE (mother of OGIDI) 1948 67 YES NO 300 OJIDI DJAMANE 1980 35 10 02 YES NO OGIDI SOUHEBATOU 1990 25 10 03 YES NO OGUIDI CHERIFATOU 1970 45 10 04 YES NO OGIDI KAFOURATOU 1974 41 10 05 YES NO OGIDI KOUASSI NAJIM 1978 37 10 06 YES NO TOTAL 350

11.9- Reparations for the relatives of TOURE Piè, assassinated Responsible for the ERI-USA farm program in Katiola and in the savanna regions in the Ivory Coast with his nephews, nieces

We are very traumatized and affected by the pillaging of them and his brother Touré Piè who were victims of an aggressive military in Katiola. We demand compensation and corresponding reparations.

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DATE AND PLACE OF THE CRIME Date of the assassination and torture of TOURE PIE: 10 April 2008 in Touro because the perpetrators wanted his motorcycle. They pillaged his property and those of his family in Katiola as well.

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE

COMPENSATION Compensation and reparations for relatives: 480,000,000 FCFA

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION

Cost in millions of FCFA

DATE OF N° NAME AGE TORTURED Injured Assassinated Pillaged COST BIRTH TOURE Pie 0 06/11/84 24 YES YES YES YES 0 WIDOW KOFFI TANOU 01 1944 71 YES YES YES 300 TOURE AICHA NABY 02 1974 41 YES YES 30 TOURE WOLY 03 1982 33 YES YES 30 TOURE TOUHO MAMADOU 04 1988 27 YES YES 30 YAO AMENA MARIE ANICK 05 1974 41 YES YES 30 08 TOURE SIE 1973 42 YES YES 30 09 TOURE ISSOUF 1971 44 YES YES 30

TOTAL COST 480 480

11.10- Reparations for the relatives of TOURE Moussa, assassinated with his brother Touré Pie, responsible for the ERI-USA program for farming in Katiola and in the savanna regions with his nephews, nieces, and relatives. We are very traumatized and affected by the pillaging of them, Mr. Touré Moussa, and his brother Touré Piè who were victims of an aggressive military in Katiola. We demand compensation and corresponding reparations.

DATE AND PLACE OF THE CRIME

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Date of the assassination and torture of TOURE Moussa: assassinated, 10 April 2008 in Touro, for his motorcycle, pillage in Katiola of all his property and those of his family by the military.

SUPPORT He benefited from support: YES From which organization: EARTH RIGHTS INSTITUTE- ABIDJAN REGIONAL OFFICE

COMPENSATION Compensation and reparations to the relatives of TOURE PIE, deeply affected and traumatized by his assassination and by the looting of their property: 480,000,000 FCFA

REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION REPARATIONS AND COMPENSATION FOR THE SUFFERING OF THE FAMILY OF TOURE PIE, TORTURED THEN ASSASSINATED IN KATIOLA FOR HIS MOTORCYCLE AND PROPERTY, LOOTED BY THE MILITARY DURING A PERIOD WHEN THERE WAS NO WAR IN THIS REGION OF THE COUNTRY.

Cost in millions of FCFA

DATE OF N° NAME AGE Tortured Injured Killed Looted COST BIRTH TOURE MOUSSA 0 01/07/1975 33 YES YES YES YES 0 VEUVE KOFFI TANOU 01 1944 71 YES YES YES 300 TOURE AICHA NABY 02 1974 41 YES YES 30 TOURE WOLY 03 1982 33 YES YES 30 TOURE TOUHO MAMADOU 04 1988 27 YES YES 30 05 YAO AMENA MARIE 1974 41 YES YES ANICK 30 08 TOURE SIE 1973 42 YES YES 30 09 TOURE ISSOUF 1971 44 YES YES 30

TOTAL COST 480 480

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Document from the CONARIV

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This ERI trainer was tortured, raped, and infected with HIV and tuberculosis for trying to rescue a woman who was being tortured and raped by the servicemen under the orders of Prime Minister SORO Guillaume. Gravely ill, she is fighting for her life.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Presentation of Case of Court Referral 1 1.1- General presentation of the Earth Rights Institute 4 1.2- Reasons for the presence of ERI in the North of the Ivory Coast 5 1.3- The contribution of ERI to peace and the end of war in the Ivory Coast 6 1.3.1- The mission of ERI during the military-political crisis 6 1.3.2- The actions of ERI humanitarian aid workers during the crisis 7 1.3.3- The ERI’s role as a mediator during the crisis 1.3.4- The promotion of excellence and good government by ERI in Africa 1.3.5- The ERI led mediation with SE. Mrs. GBAGBO to obtain the release of RDR political activists 7

II- The murders and failed murders of ERI-USA members 8 2.1-The persecution, torture, and murders of ERI-USA members 8 2.1.1- M. Ouattara Abdoulaye, murdered by the Carlos group near the Lycée of Katiola 8 2.1.2- Coulibaly Yaya, murdered by the Carlos group near the CIDT of Katiola 8 2.1.3- Traoré Mamadou, murdered by the Carlos group in Tortya 8 2.1.4- Touré Piè, murdered by the Carlos group in Touro 8 2.1.5- Touré Moussa, murdered by the Carlos group in Touro 8 2.2-Les attempted murders of Mr. Adrien Nawolo and Mr. Touré Lamine 9 2.2.1-The failed assassination of Mr. Touré Adrien Nawolobamba 9 2.2.2- The failed assassination of Mr. Touré Lamine, but later died from injuries 9 2.3-The rapes, tortures, other violence done to foreign women of ERI/AID 9

III -The looting of our international humanitarian organization. 9 3.1 -The looting of projects and programs of our organizations 9 3.1.1 -The looting in Katiola, of the medicinal and aromatic plant projects 9 3.1.2-The looting in Katiola, of the reforestation and pollination project 10 3.1.3-The looting of the Katio 10 rice project 10 3.1.4-The looting des 155,755 hives and 500 tons of honey 11 3.1.5-The looting of all our discoveries on organic cotton 12 3.1.6-The looting of our research on organic cacao in the savanna regions 12 3.1.7- The looting in TOURO of pepper plant and aromatic plant project 12 3.1.8-The looting of the restoration of Gohiné Lariolphia project 13 3.1.9-The looting of all our stations of our sheabutter restoration project 13 3.1.10-The looting of AID-ERI civil project for bovine 13 3.1.11 -The looting of the protection and restoration of wild species project 14 3.1.12-The looting of scientific equipment of the beekeeping project BAD-AID-ERI 14 3.1.13 -The looting of the international project of Wurzburg. 14

IV- The looting of the property of ERI humanitarian aid workers and their families 14 4.1- The looting in Bouaké then in Katiola, of scientific director, Dr. Sangaré 14 4.2- The looting in Bouaké then in Katiola, of scientific advisor, Pr.Kouakou François 14 4.3- The looting in Katiola, of Dr. Diarra Ogri, our director of the livestock program 14 4.4- The looting in Katiola, of the director of the Women Program, Mrs. Niamien Bi Gole 14 4.5- The looting in Katiola, of the property of trainer, Mrs. Sakiratou Oguidi 14 4.6- The looting in Katiola of the head of the agro-pastoral programs Mr. Touré Nawolobamba 14 4.7- The looting in Katiola, of the head of the mechanized agriculture program, Mr. Atéban 14 4.8- The looting in Katiola, of the head of the food program, Mr. Koyaga Combala 15 4.9- The looting in Katiola, of head of the rice and organic cotton program, Mr. Touré Lamine 15 4.10- The looting in Katiola, of the ERI/BAD beekeeping program, Mr. Silué Nazéhégnon 15

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4.11- The looting in Katiola, of 200 hectares of nurseries owned by researcher Koné Bakary 15 4.12- The looting in Bouake of widow Koffi Tanou, mother of two murdered humanitarians 15 4.13- The occupation by the army of ERI-USA headquarters and sites in Katiola 15

V- Compensation and reparations due from the Ivory Coast 15 5.1- Reparations for 5 ERI-USA members who were murdered, after having been injured and tortured 15 5.1.1-Compensation and reparations for the torture and murder of Traoré Mamadou 15 5.1.2-Compensation and reparations for the torture and murder of Ouattara Abdoulaye 15 5.1.3-Compensation and reparations for the torture and murder of Coulibaly Yaya 15 5.1.4-Compensation and reparations for and murder of Touré Moussa 15 5.1.5-Compensation and reparations for the torture and murder of Touré Piè, 15 5.2- Reparations for the 37 female ERI-USA members who were raped, tortured, and looted 16 5.2.1-Reparations for the rape of Mrs. Sakiratou Oguidi, responsible for gender programs 16 5.2.2- Reparations for the 37 female ERI-USA members who were raped, tortured, and looted 16 5.3- ERI humanitarian injured by servicemen and who died from those injuries. 16 5.3.1- Compensation for extortion, attempted murder of TOURE Lamine 16 5.4- Failed assassination of our humanitarians, torture, and looting of their property 16 5.4.1- Compensation for the torture, failed murder of Mr. Touré Adrien 16 5.4.2-Compensation for exactions, lootings in Katiola, of Touré Atéban 16 5.4.3-Compensation for extortion, looting of Mr. Koyaga Combala 16

VI- Reparations for ERI humanitarian members who were tortured, injured, and whose property was pillaged 17 6.1- Compensation for the looting of the property of scientific advisor, professor Kouakou N'guessan François, ex-president of the University of Bouaké 17 6.2-Compensation for the looting of the property of our scientific director, coordinator of programs in the center and the north, Dr. Sangaré Yaya, ex-director of CNRA Bouaké 17 6.3. Compensation for the looting of the ERI scientific director, coordinator of the livestock program, Dr. Ogri Adama Diarra 17 6.4. Compensation for the looting of property of the Director of ERI programs for the promotion of women, Mrs. Niamien Bi Golé 17 6.5. Compensation for the looting of the property of ERI coordinator of the apiculture program (Project BAD), SILUE Nazéhégnon 17 6.6. Compensation for the looting of the property of widow Koffi TANOU 17

VII. Compensation for the looting of ERI/AID property 18 7.1. Compensation for medicinal and aromatic plant project 18 7.2-Compensation for 500 tons of honey 18 7.3-Compensation for 155,755 hives 18 7.4-Compensation for Katio 10 rice project 18 7.5-Organic cotton project 18 7.6-Rubber project of the North (Gohiné Landolphia) 18 7.7- les Compensation for 140,000 fruit tree nurseries 19 7.8-Compensation for cattle and sheep farming projects 19 7.9-Compensation for Guinea fowl, wild hares 19 7. 10-Compensation for farms 19 7. 11 –Compensation for materials 20 7. 1 2-Compensation for sheabutter presses 20 7.13-Reperations for non-material damages 20

VIII- Findings of the Bailiffs 21 8.1 –Findings of Dr. Dramane Touré Nablé, director of the ERI office in Africa 23 8.2-Findings of Pr. Kouakou François, advisor 29

8.3-Findings of Dr. Sangaré Yaya, science director of ERI 47 8. 4-Findings of Adama Diarra, director of the livestock project 60 8. 5 -Findings of Touré Adrien 69 8. 6-Findings of Touré Atéban 75 8.7- Findings of Koyaga Combala 76 8. 8-Findings of Touré Lamine Arouna 78 8. 9-Findings of Niamien Bi Gole 81 8.10-Findings of Ogidi Sakiratou 87 8.1 1-Findings of Silué Nazéhégnon 91 8.12-Findings of Koffi Tanou 94

IX- Results compared with the accomplishments of ERI-USA and their partners 101

X- Costs of reparations for ERI-USA members who were murdered, tortured, raped, pillaged 107 10.1- Overview 107 10.1.1-Cost of reparations for humanitarian members of ERI-USA murdered, tortured, pillaged 107 10.1.2- Cost of reparations for humanitarian women raped, tortured, pillaged. 107 10.1.3- Cost of reparations for the humanitarian who was wounded and died from his injuries 107 10.1.4- Cost of reparations for attempted murder and looting of goods 107 10.1.5- Cost of reparations for tortured humanitarians, their looted property 107 10.1.6- Cost of reparations for the tortured lady who became blind 107 10.2-Individual files for reparations for ERI-USA members 108

XI- Cost of reparations to the relatives of the victims of ERI, who were assassinated, raped, and whose property was pillaged 126 11.1- Cost of reparations to the relatives of Pr. Kouakou 127 11.2- Cost of reparations to the relatives of Dr. Adama Diarra 128 11.3- Cost of reparations to the relatives of Mrs. Niamien Bi Golé 129 11.4- Cost of reparations to the relatives of Mr. Touré Adrien 130 11.5- Cost of reparations to the relatives of Mr. Touré Atéban 131 11.6- Cost of reparations to the relatives of Mr. Touré Harouna 132 11.7- Cost of reparations to the relatives of Widow Koffi Tanou 133 11.8- Cost of reparations to the relatives of Ogidi Sakiratou 134 11. .9- Cost of reparations to the relatives of Touré Piè 135 11.10. Cost of reparations for Touré Moussa 136

XII- APPENDICIES 138 12.1- APPENDEX 1- Registration document of the while ERI file from the CONRIV 139 12.2- APPENDEX 2- Document CONARIV from Ogidi Sakiratou, raped and tortured 140 12.3- APPENDEX 3- Document CONARIV from the mother of Touré Harouna, tortured, injured, and killed 141 12.4- APPENDEX 4 -Document CONARIV from the mother of two murdered humanitarians 142 12.5- APPENDEX 5 – registration document from the dossier Tanou Koffi, widow and relative of the one who was tortured 143 12.6- APPENDEX 6-Information from the Aries journal on the 144 12.7- APPENDEX 7- Information from the Aries journal on the contribution of ERI towards peace 145

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