Moonlight Graham Posted December 31, 2010 Report Posted December 31, 2010 This has been heavily in the news the last week or so. Here's the latest lowdown: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-12/31/c_13671308.htm UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said in a statement released here on Thursday that he remains "very concerned" about the deteriorating situation in Cote d' Ivoire."He is deeply alarmed to learn of the call by Mr. Ble Goude on the so-called Young Patriots to attack the Golf Hotel in Abidjan beginning on 1 January," according to the statement issued by Ban' s press office. World leaders are pressuring incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo to step down and hand power to Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognized winner of the Nov. 28 presidential runoff, who is currently taking refuge in the Golf Hotel. Gbagbo has so far refused to concede power, threatening to reignite the country's 2002 - 2003 civil war. Charles Ble Goude is Gbagbo's minister for youth. Currently the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) has a significant number of military and police personnel deployed to provide security for the Government of Cote d'Ivoire and key political stakeholders. Leaders of member-countries of ECOWAS, a regional organization of 15 West African states, have also called on Gbagbo to step down. Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
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