Politics Ivory Coast: Civil War: Former Prez holds on, new Prez seeks to oust rivaql
BBC News (Apr 1,2k11) -- BBC materials posted by Politicarp who offers readers some editorial remarks:
While this BBC report covers several important dimensions of the conflict between Prez Ouattara (a Muslim, supported by the neo-colonialist foreign ministry of France) against the former Prez Gbagbo (a Christian, who remains hily regarded by many fellow Christians among the Ivorian populace, Christians who fear that a Muslim-based regime woud turn vicious once in power). Many Christians fear the rise of Muslim political leaders, fear that once in power Muslims will massacre them, as has been happening in other countries of West Africa -- most notably in Nigeria, where the Fulani tribespeople had been given the green-lite by the Muslim governor of a state to drive out the people of villages composed of a smaller largely-Christian tribe in territory desired by these expansionist Muslim Fulani. The Ivorian Christians know all about these sudden changes of behavior by Muslims in Nigeria and elsewhere. Massacres of Christians conducted by the Fulani have become part of the record, part of public knowledge.
Ivory Coast, West Africa
CÔTE d'IVOIRE:
a battle for power where cocoa is king
- World's largest cocoa producer
- Once haven of peace and prosperity in West Africa
- Alassane Ouattara recognised as president-elect in 2010
- International sanctions imposed to force Laurent Gbagbo to go
- 473 killed, one million fled since disputed election
- 9,000 UN peacekeepers monitor 2003 ceasefire
