Relationship dossier
Ivory Coast
Nigeria
Relationship assessment
Bilateral cooperation alongside Nigeria’s prominent role in the 2010–11 Ivorian crisis
Ivory Coast toward Nigeria
+35Côte d’Ivoire has engaged Nigeria through high-level bilateral consultations and cooperation agreements. Its participation in ECOWAS diplomacy also connected its government to Nigeria’s regional response to the 2010–11 post-election crisis.
Nigeria toward Ivory Coast
+35Nigeria engaged Côte d’Ivoire through bilateral consultations and cooperation agreements. During the 2010–11 post-election crisis, Nigeria supported ECOWAS measures backing Alassane Ouattara and the transfer of power, taking a prominent role in the regional response.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship has included bilateral cooperation and high-level engagement, while Nigeria’s regional influence became especially consequential during Côte d’Ivoire’s 2010–11 post-election crisis. Available knowledge supports a generally cooperative relationship, though the scale and durability of bilateral arrangements are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria have pursued practical bilateral cooperation, including agreements and high-level engagement, alongside regional diplomacy. Nigeria also played a prominent role in ECOWAS’s response to Côte d’Ivoire’s 2010–11 post-election crisis, supporting the transfer of power to Alassane Ouattara. The relationship combines bilateral cooperation with Nigeria’s consequential regional role during a period of political crisis.
Key developments
Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire pursued bilateral engagement and signed cooperation agreements during a high-level visit by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to Abidjan.
Nigeria supported ECOWAS measures backing Alassane Ouattara during Côte d’Ivoire’s post-election crisis.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing bilateral cooperation beyond regional engagement is unclear.