Ibrahim Coulibaly

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Ibrahim Coulibaly (known as "IB") was a rebel leader in Côte d'Ivoire. A former army sergeant, he was one of the leaders of the December 1999 coup that brought Robert Guéï to power, and was also behind a rebellion launched in September 2002 against the government of President Laurent Gbagbo. In August 2003 he was arrested in Paris under suspicion of seeking to destabilize the Ivorian government, but he was released on bail in September. In June 2004 fighting broke out between his followers and those of rival rebel commander Guillaume Soro. In January 2005 Coulibaly expressed support for efforts by the African Union at mediating the political crisis.