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 Apr 16 2011 3:13PM


 Gambia spurns Ouattara as I Coast
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The Gambian government said on Saturday it would not recognise Alassane
Ouattara as president of Ivory Coast following the ousting of his rival
Laurent Gbagbo with the help of UN and French forces.

"The Gambia government would not recognise any president, including
president Ouattara, or government in Africa that has been imposed by forces
outside the African continent for whatever reason," a statement said.

"We know what those governments and presidents stand for in Africa as they
loot African resources on behalf of the powers that brought them to power",
the statement from the office of President Yahya Jammeh added.

The statement, which was also carried by state broadcaster GRTS, called for
"an impartial and comprehensive investigation into all the atrocities
carried out in Ivory Coast by a team of honest and decent Allah-fearing
people."

"Alassane Ouattara and his forces cannot go scot-free and blame everything
on President Laurent Gbagbo, who according to the Ivorian constitution is
the legitimate president of Ivory Coast", it said.

Forces loyal to both sides have been accused of massacres in recent weeks as
Ouattara, recognised as president by the United Nations and the African
Union following a disputed vote in November, fought to take power.

"As far as we are concerned, the only solution to avert a long drawn-out
civil war with all its attendance consequences in Ivory Coast is to
reorganise presidential elections in the shortest possible time," the
Gambian government said.

"In the meantime, an interim government of national unity should be formed
without Alassane Ouattara as he also has a lot to answer for," it said.

"One thing that is very clear to all Africans today is that the plot to
re-colonise Africa is very real and we most stand up to it."

Banjul called on the UN to ensure the safety, protection, and well being of
Gbagbo, "the constitutionally legal president of Ivory Coast", and set him
free.

"He cannot be tried while Alassane Ouattara, the internationally selected
president of Ivory Coast, goes scot free after massacring thousands of
civilians just to be president", the statement said.

Events in Ivory Coast "have vindicated us in our earlier assertion that
Western neocolonialist-sponsored agents in Africa that owe allegiance only
to themselves and their Western masters are ready to walk on thousands of
dead bodies for the Presidency," it charged.

-AFP

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