Ex-Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo sent
to ICC, charged with crimes against humanity
    30 November, 2011 (Washington Post) -
    The International Criminal Court charged
    former Ivory Coast President Laurent
    Gbagbo with murder, rape, persecution
    and inhuman acts Wednesday, crimes
    allegedly committed as his backers
fought brutal battles to keep him in power after last year’s...More
IVORY COAST: Unparalleled defiance against
international will in recent years
    30 March, 2011 (Keffyalew
    Gebremedhin) - "This month, Ivory
    Coast has witnessed a great deal of
    outrage. As a student of the international
    system and also at its service for some
    time, I am puzzled what would excite to
action the international community more than the massacre of
women armed with leaves from tree branches in a peaceful...More
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Just Another Episode?






By Dereje Hailu
" What else is new? Just
another episode from the
much bigger tragic story
unfolding right in our eyes,
and yet  passes as if it was no
big deal. Every one of us,
whether we accept it or not,
are in the middle of it...More
Ethiopia's History of
National Resistance for
African Unity & Dignity








PART - ONE
PART - TWO
PART - THREE
Remembering lessons
Why's the 'international community' so hard on Gbagbo?
    27 December 2010 (Kiflu
    Hussain) - "Again,to the
    best of my knowledge,
    Laurent Gbagbo would be
    the second President next
    to Saddam Hussein to be
    removed from power by
    external forces, if the
“international community” moves in to have a showdown with.More
A dangerous and decisive day as Abidjan
awaits its fate
    10 March, 2011 (Andrew Harding/BBC) -
    "Right now Abidjan feels a little quieter than
    usual - but that's only because everyone is
    waiting to hear from the far side of the
    continent. Will it be news of a peace deal that
    filters back from Ethiopa, or - rather...More
Ivory Coast Tensions Escalate; Senegal Backs Invasion
12 January, 2011 (By Pauline Bax, Olivier Monnier and Drew
Hinshaw | Bloomberg)
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Ivory Coast strongman Gbagbo captured
11 April, 2011 (CNN) -Forces stormed the president's residence
in Ivory Coast on Monday and arrested self-declared president
Laurent Gbagbo, whose refusal to accept the results of a...More
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Who has learned what and why did it take so long
to oust Gbagbo?
    14 Apr 2011 (Keffyalew Gebremedhin) -
    My optimism for Côte d’Ivoire began,
    after I listened to Mr Alassane Ouattara’
    s address to his nation on 7April 2011.
    Mr Ouattara appeared presidential in
    every sense of the word—stature, depth,
and confidence, governing experience—and most importantly in the
priorities he set to restore his country into a functional and..More