After a five-year delay, the first round of the Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential elections went off peacefully and without technical hitches on October 31, 2010, leading many people to think that the country had taken a turn for the better. But they were soon to be disillusioned. After the run-offs on November 28, both candidates have been sworn in asPresident and they have both named their Prime Ministers and cabinets. A new civil war is impending.