The Student Federation of Ivory Coast (French: ''Fédération estudiantine et scolaire de Côte d'Ivoire'', FESCI) is a youth and student organization 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 ...

that aims to protect rights of Ivorian students at school and university. Founded in the early 1990s as a student union, some members of the association have gone on to be involved in politics. For instance,

Guillaume Soro Guillaume Kigbafori Soro (born 8 May 1972) is an Ivorian politician who was the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire from April 2007 to March 2012. Prior to his service as Prime Minister, Soro led the Patriotic Movement of Côte d'Ivoire, and later ...

(Secretary general of FESCI from 1995-1998), became prime minister of Ivory Coast (2007-2012) and President of the

National Assembly of Ivory Coast The National Assembly is lower house of the Parliament of Ivory Coast since November 2016. From 1960 to 2016, the National Assembly was Ivory Coast's unicameral legislative body. Evolved from semi-representative bodies of the French Colonial ...

. On 17 October 2024, FESCI and other student unions in Ivory Coast were banned following an investigation into the killings of two people linked to FESCI general secretary, Sié Kambou, and the discovery of weapons caches and "illegal businesses" within the student housing facilities of the University of Abidjan. FESCI is a member of the

All-Africa Students Union The All-Africa Students Union (AASU) is the umbrella organization of 75 national student unions from 54 countries, representing 170 million students across the African continent. History In 1972, student representatives from ten African countri ...

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