Chirac's man

The Marcoussis peace accord appears deadlocked, but French President Jacques Chirac has one more ace up his sleeve: the Gabonese leader El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba. The presence of the veteran Franco-African mediator and the threat of United Nations sanctions may concentrate the minds of the participants at a summit in Accra, Ghana, on 29 July.

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French, Jacques Chirac, Gabonese, Omar Bongo Ondimba, Ghana, Laurent Gbagbo, Kofi Annan, Nigerian, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ethiopia, Togo, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Forces Nouvelles, Front Populaire Ivoirien

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