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Reparations for War Victims

Earlier this month, some of them protested in front of the CONARIV, the government agency in charge of listing all victims entitled to compensation.

They were pressing the agency to finally release the list of victims and for war children to have free education.

"Conariv has identifed the victims and told us the total from various lists is 130 000 victims," said Diaby. "They told us that now they need to verify it and give a definitive list to the president (of Ivory Coast), so he can validate it, and the victims can start receiving payment. But since it was created, the CONARIV hasn't been able to produce this list."

The CONARIV was created recently to finish the job of another agency whose list was deemed incomplete after 3 years of work.

Commissioner Françoise Kaudjhis–Offoumou says there are many challenges to putting together a definitive list.

"There are victims in isolated areas who couldn't be identified," she said. "It is for them that were are extending the delay to register. "

Kaudjhis also says the verification process takes time, with teams cross-referencing data on computers, via phone calls or, when necessary, in the field.

There is some progress on the payment front. Last August, 4 500 victims of the 2010-2011 post-election violence received payments.

Aya Kouadio was one of them. Both her husband and his brother were killed, leaving two wives and 17 children behind. When Kouadio received the money, she divided it among all the children.