Thanks  brother Sidi
Let us see what the OAU committee of TEN will come up with in the next eight days.
A new election is a must in order to  solve the problem and bring peace back to Abidjan finally.
I find it hard to believe what is going on  in the minds of our folks when they kill each other be it in the
Miiddleeast or  Africa. It contradicts all religious laws yet they burn and kill in the name of God and their
countries or leaders.

Is the end near or has it arrived?? (laugh)
Habib

Sidi Sanneh wrote:

> Bro. Habib,
>
> Your concern about further lives being lost in the current crisis is not
> only real but justified given the outcome of today's meeting between Gbagbo
> and Ouattara at the private residence of the former. Despite the two
> embrassing before and after their brief meeting and Ouattara's reference to
> "President Gbagbo" (inplying recognision), the deep seated rivalry between
> the two still remains. The fact that Ouattara's main priority, even after
> meeting Gbagbo, is "to mourn the dead and to bury his dead supporters" and
> not to join the new government says it all. In my view, to avert further
> bloodshed, the fundamental issue of legitimacy must be addressed and one of
> the options available
> to Ivorian politicians is your suggestion i.e. for a
> re-run of the presidential elections in line with the US, OAU, ECOWAS and
> countries such as South Africa. To gloss over the difficult and sensitive
> issue of legitimacy, in my view, would prove disastrous in the long run.
> Little wonder Koffi Annan, after his Rwanda experience, is taking a clear
> and unequivocal stance on this one.
>
> Sidi Sanneh
>
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