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AfricaFocus Bulletin
Country-focused Bulletins
Nov 16, 2004 Côte d'Ivoire: Containing the Crisis?
The UN Security Council on November 15 voted to impose an arms
embargo on all parties in Cote d'Ivoire. The measure was strongly
supported by African leaders who fear not only new violence in the
West African country, but also setbacks for peace in the
surrounding region. Few observers have any confidence in the
potential for France to promote reconciliation in its former
colony. But even fewer believe that Ivorian President Laurent
Gbagbo is willing to abandon the effort to crush his opponents by
force, including recourse to hate appeals targeting not only the
French but also the rebels and other West Africans.
Aug 5, 2004 Côte d'Ivoire: Peacekeeping Continued
West African leaders and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a late
July summit in Accra, Ghana, won an unexpected new agreement from
Ivorian leaders for a timetable to implement the peace settlement
signed in January 2003. Some 3,500 UN peacekeeping troops, out of
an authorized strength of 6,240, are in the country, with the
largest contingents from Bangladesh, Benin, Ghana, Morocco, Niger,
Senegal, and Togo. But the country is still divided, and it is
clear that meeting the new timetable for disarmament and new
election procedures will depend on continuing pressure on Ivorian
leaders.
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