National Reconciliation: Atouuu Foundation Seeks to Rally Ivorians Around a Peace Pledge

At its annual opening ceremony on October 31, 2026, at the National Library in Abidjan, the Atouuu Foundation for Reconciliation launched the “Pledge Challenge” to rally Ivorians around preserving peace. Foundation president Zié Daouda Coulibaly reviewed its 15 years of work and praised reconciliation efforts undertaken since 2011. The foundation highlighted its national reconciliation award, traditional dialogue spaces known as “appatams,” and meetings involving political families and members of the diaspora. The campaign will invite participants to post videos in French or their mother tongue declaring their commitment to peace.