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                The Milosevic Effect.

                The flight of General Guei and the assumption of the Presidency
by
                Laurent Gbagbo,solves one problem but creates several new ones.
                The chasing of Guei from power in a courageous display of people
                power with Guei's guards firing live ammunition into crowds of
                protesters is celebrated as an African reenactment of the
overthrow
                of Slobodan Milosevic.
                The main problem is what to do about the politicians excluded
from
                the polls and their call for fresh elections. This is the
primary cause
                of the tension that prevails in Cote D'Ivoire with the religious
dimension
                added to it and I believe there may be an ethic under tone,
which in my
                opinion, is not pronounced.
                To address the problem,there should be fresh elections with all
eligible
                parties participating to give legitimacy to whoever wins.
                Political and civic education should also be conducted to raise
he level
                of awareness of the people that despite our
political,religious,and ethnic
                differences,they are fighting the same cause for the betterment
of Cote
                d'Ivoire and hence Africa.

                Beran


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                From:   foroyaa [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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                Subject:        FOROYAA PUBLICATION (COTE D'IVOIRE)

                COTE D'IVOIRE: THE END AND THE BEGINNING
                The developments in Cote D'Ivoire have lessons for countries in
Africa in
                particular and the World in general.
                The fundamental lesson to draw is that where a people know what
they want
                and are organised to fight for it no force on earth will be able
to block
                them from achieving success. However, if short term solutions
are sought for
                long term problems immediate success is  bound to be accompanied
by new
                complications. This is how matters stand in Cote D'Ivoire.
                At first the people had assumed that the problem was general
Guei. Now that
                he is gone tension still remains in Cote D'Ivoire. What is
responsible for
                this tension? How is it to be addressed?


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