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CIAO DATE: 10/5/2006
Côte d’Ivoire: Stepping Up the Pressure
September 2006
Abstract
Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny has been unable to implement the roadmap that was to have secured for Côte d’Ivoire a democratically legitimated government. As happened a year ago, there will be no presidential election on the date (currently 31 October 2006) mandated by the UN Security Council. The country remains divided between ex-rebel and government forces, with UN and French peacekeepers holding a fragile buffer zone. This second election postponement results from the deliberate strategy of politicians who want no peace they cannot dominate, and are assessing the staying power of the international community.
