FORMES DE VIOLENCE LIÉES AUX CONFLITS FONCIERS SUR LES POPULATIONS DANS LE DÉPARTEMENT DE GUIGLO

ABSTRACT: The forested west of Côte d’Ivoire has faced recurrent land tensions for several decades, exacerbated by migrations and successive political crises. The Guiglo department, located at the heart of this region, provides a privileged field for observing conflicts related to access to land and natural resources. The Goin-Débé classified forest, invaded by illegal cocoa plantations, has become the epicenter of clashes opposing native Guéré, allochthonous Baoulé and Agni, and allogenous Burkinabè and Malians. This study aims to analyze the different forms of violence generated by land conflicts on the populations of the Guiglo department. Three specific objectives guide the research: identify and describe physical and material violence, analyze socioeconomic and symbolic violence, and examine the differentiated impacts of this violence according to residential status and gender. The study adopts a mixed approach, combining a quantitative survey of 125 households and qualitative interviews with 15 key informants (village chiefs, notables, women leaders, displaced persons’ representatives). Stratified sampling considered residential status, gender, and age group. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and association tests for quantitative data, and thematic content analysis for qualitative data. The data reveal that 27.2% of households declare having been globally victims of violence. Property destruction and economic precarity predominate.