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Ivorian peace deal falters
Ivory Coastâs former rebels are suspending their participation in a power-sharing government formed to end the civil war. They also announced after talks in the central city of Bouake, which remains under their control, that they would suspend their participation in a disarmament programme. "Since we didnât get our fair share, weâll need those guns." The rebels joined the power-sharing government in April under a peace deal brokered by former colonial power France. April - September, nearly a African record peace. The rebels accuse President Laurent Gbagbo of stalling on the peace process. Hundreds were killed in the initial uprising one year ago and thousands more died in the fighting and ethnic violence which followed. The conflict split the country into a mostly Christian and animist, government-held south, and a mainly Muslim, rebel-controlled north. Tap, tap...nope. Posted by: Steve 2003-09-23 |
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