Beran, I entirely agreed with you.The political temperature in Cote d' Ivoire can only be calmed if such measures are considered. MARK >From: "Jeng, Beran" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: FOROYAA PUBLICATION (COTE D'IVOIRE) >Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:25:11 -0500 > > This is a resend > > > > 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]] > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 9:21 AM > To: [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 > 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. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------