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Public Conference on Peace and National Reconciliation
The Félix Houphouët-Boigny Foundation for Peace Research (FHB Foundation) organized on the occasion of the National Day of Peace and as part of the Houphouët-Boigny Year, a public conference on the theme: “the peace and national reconciliation “on November 15, 2018 at its headquarters in Yamoussoukro. This lecture by Dr Raphaël YA KOMENAN, teacher-researcher, saw...Continue reading→
5th Congress of the Association of African Historians
The 5th Congress of the Association of African Historians (AHA) was held from 6 to 9 November 2018 at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Foundation for Peace Research in Yamoussoukro, in collaboration with the Ivorian section of the AHA and the public universities of Côte d’Ivoire. The theme of this congress, which brought together nearly 150 participants...Continue reading→
Symposium on the Peace Work of Félix Houphouët-Boigny
An international conference was held from October 18 to 20, 2018 at the headquarters of the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Foundation for the Search for Peace (FHB Foundation) in Yamoussoukro. Organized on the occasion of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Year marking the 25th anniversary of the disappearance of the “Apostle of Peace”, this symposium was devoted to the...Continue reading→
Félix Houphouët-Boigny Festival for the Promotion of Ivorian Values
The first edition of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Festival for the Promotion of Ivorian Values was held on September 7 and 8, 2018 at the Institute of Communication Sciences and Techniques (ISTC) in Abidjan. This Festival was initiated by Mr. Khalil HESNÉ, economic operator and organized by the Elites Channel Network of Côte d’Ivoire. Indeed, the...Continue reading→
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Launch of the Sports Activities of the FHB Year – 12 05 2018
The Félix Houphouët-Boigny Foundation for Peace Research has officially launched the sports activities of the Year Felix Houphouet-Boigny on May 12, 2018 in Yamoussoukro by: a journey of peace Felix Houphouët-Boigny and a pétanque competition of peace Félix Houphouët-Boigny. All these stages saw the participation of many inhabitants of the political capital and especially the...Continue reading→
Public Conference on the Abolition of Forced Labor
Public lecture on the theme: "the abolition of forced labor" Date: April 30, 2018 Location: FHB college of cocody Speaker: Dr. Rene Pierre Anouma. " order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"]
Solemn reentry of the Senate of Côte d’Ivoire
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny
The founder of modern Côte d'Ivoire
"Peace is not a word, it is behavior."
"Peace, which constantly needs exhortations, is a continuous acquisition, usually silent."
"The hungry man is not a free man."
"The sanctity of work also ennobles the one who carries the burdens or drives heavy machines, like the one who, in the silence of laboratories or offices, gives his task the best of his thought and care."
"It is easier to make war than to make peace."

Downloadable Texts
- Félix Houphouët-Boigny and Peace (in french)
- 2022 Activities Report of FHB Foundation (in french)
- 2021 Activities Report of FHB Foundation (in french)
- 2020 Activities Report of FHB Foundation (in french)
- Youth Declaration on the Culture of Peace UNESCO (in french)
- 2019 Activities Report of FHB Foundation (in french)
- Report of the Training Workshop of the Networks of Women's Associations of the Yamoussoukro District on the Culture of Peace and Social Cohesion of August 15, 2019 (in french)
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"Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be raised."
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