The Revolutionary Communist Party of Ivory Coast (, PCRCI) is a communist party in

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

. It has been led by Achy Ekissi since 1990. Its youth wing is the Communist Youth of Ivory Coast. The party newspaper is the . Internationally, it participates in the International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations, an international network of Communist parties that uphold the line of

Enver Hoxha Enver Halil Hoxha ( , ; ; 16 October 190811 April 1985) was an Albanian communist revolutionary and politician who was the leader of People's Socialist Republic of Albania, Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He was the Secretary (titl ...

and the

Albanian Party of Labour The Party of Labour of Albania (PLA), also referred to as the Albanian Workers' Party (AWP), was the ruling and sole legal party of Albania during the communist period (1945–1991). It was founded on 8 November 1941 as the Communist Party of ...

. As such, it is staunchly anti-revisionist. The party claimed that the French troops acted as accomplices of the former

President of Côte d'Ivoire This article lists the heads of state of Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, since the country gained independence from France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. ...

Laurent Gbagbo Koudou Laurent Gbagbo
, FPI website . ( G ...

during the

2004 French–Ivorian clashes In 2004, an armed conflict took place between French and Côte d'Ivoire forces. On 6 November 2004, two Ivorian Air force Su-25 attack fighters launched an air attack on French peacekeepers in the northern part of Côte d'Ivoire who were sta ...

References

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Sur la Reprise de la Guerre Civile en Cote D'ivoire et les Tueries Perpétrées par l'Armée Française Abidjan
Addresse du PCRCI aux Partis et Organisations Communistes, 8 novembre 2004, (Address by Secretary General of the PCRCI, A. EKISSI) (in French)
Rapport de la Commission d’enquête internationale sur les allégations de violations des droits de l’homme en Côte d’Ivoire (May 2004)
on fr.wikisource

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Communism in Ivory Coast Anti-revisionist organizations

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest city and ...

Hoxhaist parties Political parties in Ivory Coast Political parties with year of establishment missing Socialist parties in Ivory Coast {{IvoryCoast-party-stub