In this tense climate, the northern candidate, Alassane Ouattara, a Muslim and former senior official at the International Monetary Fund, was denied the right to run in the 2005 presidential election. The winner, the southerner Laurent Gbagbo, then refused to concede his defeat by Ouattara in 2010, leading to violent conflict and fear of a long and potentially genocidal civil war.
在这一紧张气氛下，北部的总统候选人阿拉萨内· 瓦塔拉（Alassane Ouattara），一位曾任国际货币基金组织高级官员的穆斯林被剥夺了2005年总统大选的参选权。而来自南部的获胜者洛朗·巴博（Laurent Gbagbo）又在2005年拒绝承认被瓦塔拉所击败，导致一系列暴力冲突，还引发了爆发长期内战以及发生潜在种族灭绝事件的担忧。