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Five years after the deadly 2010 post-election violence in Ivory Coast, the country is determined to consolidate its peace. And to help in that reconciliation, President Alassane Ouattara created agencies aimed at providing reparation for war victims. The first batch of victims was compensated last August. But many are still waiting, and some are losing patience over the lagging process. Twenty-four-year-old Samate Abdoulaye is a survivor. He was shot in the head during the post-election violence in Ivory Coast in 2010. His father was killed while out trying to gather money for his son's operation. The family has been struggling to make ends meet ever since. Abdoulaye has lifelong after-effects from his war injuries -- which prevent him from doing hard physical work to help out his mother and two younger siblings. He is currently studying for an office job. "If I have this compensation fund I will invest it and I will give me some peace of mind. I will be able to pursue my studies knowing that my family has something to fall back on, financially " Ivory Coast's government has pledged to compensate the victims of the country's various crises between 1990 and 2012 -- Free heathcare for injured people, scholarships for war orphans, and cash payments for the families of those killed during the war. But most of the victims still have not received anything, and they are getting impatient. | 
