BERLIN, Oct 26 (AFP) - Togo's president and chairman of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) said Thursday that an urgent meeting of a 10-nation committee would be convened to examine the situation in Ivory Coast. President Gnassingbe Eyadema, speaking to journalists during a visit to Germany, said the so-called "Committee of Ten" states could meet within eight days. The ten states are Togo, South Africa, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal. He also said that Togo was prepared to give refuge to the ousted military leader of Ivory Coast, General Robert Guei, "if he asks for it". Algeria also earlier called for the rapid convening of the "Committee of Ten" African states, which was mandated by an OAU summit meeting in the Togolese capital Lome in July to come up with recommendations for the democratisation of Ivory Coast. Earlier Thursday, during a meeting in Berlin with German President Johannes Rau, Eyadema called for new elections in Ivory Coast, a German presidential spokeswoman said. "Speaking as chairman of the OAU, he said that the OAU would now advocate holding new elections in Ivory Coast," a spokeswoman at Rau's office said. On Wednesday, Eyadema had said in a statement that the weekend election had not been held fairly, but urged protesters to remain calm to avoid Ivory Coast "sinking into chaos". South African President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday also called for new elections in the country to include candidates who had been prevented from taking part, warning of the danger of "enormous conflict" in the west African nation. Eyadema is due to travel to France on Thursday and plans to meet with President Jacques Chirac. dlc/ma/cml _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------