Sidi,

This does not look good and I pray that all of you are safe. It looks like
the two sides do not trust each other, and will be at it until one of them
wins. That is not a very good prospect at all. I pray that peace will
eventually prevail.

Jabou Joh

In a message dated 10/6/2002 9:05:00 PM , [log in to unmask] writes:


>
> Culled from BBC World Service
>
> Ivory Coast troops and rebel soldiers have exchanged gunfire on the
> outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Bouake, held by mutinous soldiers for
> more than two weeks.
>
> As the build-up continued, Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo said on
> Sunday he had refused to sign a ceasefire with the rebels. He described
> them as attackers.
>
> Togolese Foreign Minister, Koffi Panou, one of the West African mediators
> trying to facilitate an agreement, said the Ivory Coast Government was
> arguing that the rebels should disarm first.
>
>

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