With a negotiated decolonisation and a steadfast friendship between Félix Houphouët-Boigny and General Charles de Gaulle, Côte d’Ivoire, which had become independent, maintained excellent relations with France, its former colonial power. These close relations allowed it to benefit, within the framework of the Franco-Ivorian cooperation agreements, from French military assistance in setting up its armed forces. With this help, the Ivorian Army and Gendarmerie were thus taking their first steps under France’s military leadership. But divergences appeared at certain levels and the question of extra-military tasks or, more precisely, the importance granted to them in the missions of the Ivorian Armed Forces was the subject of heated debates between the two partners. The crux of the issue was the establishment and development of the Ivorian Civic Service, for which Abidjan had turned to Israel in the belief that this would not jeopardise French influence in the Ivorian defence establishment. This article revisits this issue by highlighting the intricacies and challenges in the creation of the Ivorian Civic Service.

凭借费利克斯·乌弗埃-博瓦尼和戴高乐将军之间通过谈判实现的非殖民化和坚定的友谊，独立后的科特迪瓦与其前殖民国家法国保持着良好的关系。这些密切的关系使其能够在法国-科特迪瓦合作协议的框架内受益于法国在建立武装部队方面的军事援助。在这种帮助下，科特迪瓦陆军和宪兵队在法国军事领导下迈出了第一步。但在某些层面上出现了分歧，军事外任务的问题，或者更准确地说，赋予这些任务在科特迪瓦武装部队任务中的​​重要性的问题，是两个伙伴之间激烈辩论的主题。问题的关键是科特迪瓦公民服务机构的建立和发展，为此阿比让向以色列求助，因为他们相信这不会损害法国在科特迪瓦国防机构中的影响力。本文通过强调科特迪瓦公民服务机构创建过程中的复杂性和挑战来重新讨论这个问题。