No polls, no peace

Mediators come and go but President Gbagbo wants to go on and on

President Laurent Gbagbo and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan agree on one thing: elections cannot be held on 30 October. This is at once obvious and crushing. The one hope that has sustained the Ivorian opposition so far is that it might get rid of Gbagbo by winning free and fair elections. The country remains divided, mediation has ground to a halt and there is no sign of disarmament but political parties are keeping up their campaigning, reluctant to stop once they've started, and reluctant to be caught out if Gbagbo changes his mind.

Article Tags:
Laurent Gbagbo, Kofi Annan, Nigerian, Olusegun Obasanjo, South African, Aziz Pahad, Ibrahim Gambari, Any volunteers?, French, Pierre Schori, Mathias Doué, Robert Gueï, Portuguese, António, Monteiro, Waiting for the politicians, Philippe Douste-Blazy, Greece, China, Angola, Radio France Internationale, Front Populaire Ivoirien, Forces Nouvelles, Africa Confidential, Conseil Constitutionnel, Maison des Députés, Africa Confidential

end of preview

To read the rest of the article you need to either log in or do one of the following:

Subscribe to Africa Confidential Find out more
Purchase this article on its own Find out more

If you have a print subscription already please click here for full access to the website.
If you have already logged in and believe you should have access to this article please contact customer services.