Shattered dreams and new hopes: while Africa's rock of stability collapsed into the chaos of conflict, a new hope for African unity was born. Desmond Davies reports on a mixed year.
New Internationalist › Nbr. 2003, June 2003
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Africa: Chronicle 2002
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Shattered dreams and new hopes: while Africa's rock of stability collapsed into the chaos of conflict, a new hope for African unity was born. Desmond Davies reports on a mixed year.
19 SEPTEMBER 2002. The Ivorian dream, which was nurtured by the late President Felix Houphouet-Boigny, was shattered. On that day, rebellious members of the Ivorian army decided to mutiny in protest against the Government's plans to demobilize 700 soldiers. Since then, Cote d'Ivoire, which has been a remarkable rock of economic and political stability in a very unstable West African region, has been torn apart. Rebel soldiers hold the northern part of the country while the Government of President Laurent Gbagbo holds sway in the south.
By the end of 2002, attempts by the 15nation regional grouping, the Eco...See the full content of this document
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