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 -----Original Message----- From: foroyaa [mailto:[log in to unmask]] <mailto:[mailto:[log in to unmask]]> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 9:21 AM To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 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? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html> You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------