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Are these the soldiers to force gbagbo out?

GEJ is not te leader nigeria needs.He shpuld bow his head in shame ,too many bomb blasts.Does he not have a survellance team,do they not have CCTV cameras or a security device to nail the perperators.The legislators are rather sharing millions of dollars


WHAT A  FAILED SYSTEM

so says
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/ivory-coast-teeters-on-the-brink-un-warns-2173371.html

Ivory Coast teeters on the brink, UN warns

Militias threaten to attack hotel refuge of poll victor Ouattara

By Jerome Taylor


Saturday, 1 January 2011

The spectre of civil war loomed over the Ivory Coast last night, amid growing fears that a notorious youth militia loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo might attempt today to storm the hotel where his rival, Alassane Ouattara, has taken refuge.


Sectarian violence has spilled on to the streets of Abidjan following last month's presidential election, in which Mr Gbagbo refused to cede power despite international condemnation and global recognition that he had lost the vote.

Mr Ouattara and his government-in-waiting have taken shelter in the city's Golf Hotel, a luxury compound protected by United Nations troops who are themselves blockaded by thousands of Mr Gbagbo's supporters.

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After a relative lull in sectarian violence, which has already killed more than 170 people, tensions have once again reached boiling point following a threat from a militia leader, Charles Blé Goudé, to the effect that Mr Ouattara's supporters have until New Year's Day to "pack up their bags".

The UN said yesterday that its secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, was "deeply alarmed" by the threats and had warned that any attempt to take the hotel could reignite a civil war which tore the country in half seven years ago and destabilised what was once a West African economic success story.

Mr Ban's spokesman, MartinNesirky, said that the UN secretary general called on Mr Gbagbo's supporters to "refrain from such dangerous irresponsible action" and insisted that the 800 troops guarding the hotel would defend themselves if attacked.

At a news conference yesterday, Guillaume Soro, who was appointed Prime Minister by Mr Ouattara, said that more than 200 people had been killed and 1,000 wounded in violence over the disputed vote. He added that Ivory Coast is "indeed in a civil war situation".

As head of the Young Patriots, a youth militia that is staunchly loyal to Mr Gbagbo and deeply hostile towards foreigners, Mr Blé Goudé is regarded as a major power player within Ivorian politics. Fluent in English, he briefly studied at Manchester University before returning to set up his youth militia during the 2002-2003 civil war.

He forged himself a reputation as a tough "street general" and used his militia to run violent anti-French and anti-UN gangs that terrorised the foreign population in the Ivory Coast between 2004 and 2005.

Amid growing concerns that nationalist rhetoric emanating from the Gbagbo camp might restart the xenophobic violence of that period, France'sforeign ministry yesterday reiterated a call for its citizens to leave the Ivory Coast.

"Although foreigners have not so far been directly threatened, the French authorities renew their advisory to defer plans for trips to Ivory Coast, and to all the French who can , to temporarily leave Ivory Coast until the situation normalises," the ministry said. There are thought to be around 14,000 French citizens in the country, half of whom have duel nationality.

Despite his global pariah status, Mr Gbagbo has refused repeated calls to step down and remains in firm control of the military. Human rights groups have accused his supporters of organising death squads to abduct supporters of Mr Ouattara. The UN believes up to 80 bodies may be inside a building nestled among shacks in a pro-Gbagbo neighbourhood on the outskirts of Abidjan, and there are reports of a further mass grave in the interior of the country. Attempts to reach the site in Abidjan have been blocked by heavily armed men.

The ongoing stand-off has highlighted the international community's inability to persuade or force Mr Gbagbo to step down.

Regional leaders from Ecowas, the Economic Community of West African States, have threatened military action after this week's visit by a high-level delegation failed to persuade Mr Gbagbo to step aside.

The delegation is set to return on Monday, to continue pursuing a diplomatic solution, but Ecowas defence chiefs met yesterday to begin drawing up plans for a military intervention if the talks fail.

Ecowas has a rapid reaction force of between 2,000 and 3,000 men already stationed in Sierra Leone and Mali, but experts have questioned whether such an invasion force would be adequate to take on an obstinate opponent who is still in charge of his own military.

Ecowas has deployed troops on several occasions in the last two decades, notably to Sierra Leone and Liberia during those countries' civil wars. However, the Nigerian-dominated forces there proved themselves ill-disciplined: in Liberia, Ecomog, the Ecowas Monitoring Group, was popularly dubbed "Every Car or Movable Object Gone", due to the soldiers' predilection for theft. There are also fears that any military intervention would unleash militias which are already spoiling for a return of the civil war years.

If the phone is within reach ,scroll and see if she hasn't deleted your love and txt mssg,probably ur name is stored as maga,mugu or pocket filler

For crying out loud,he is your dad.what is it with you girls and privacy?When something bad happens to you,you will run home n cry on dad's shoulders

@great ozone

Sex is mutual and consensual.

@poster give her what she needs,I don't see anything wrong with her demands

I have stayed with some girls one week without getting bored,I have just spent 3 days(4 tomorrow) with this girl and it is regrettable,she spends so much time on make up,dressing and her figure.Everything she says is related to fashion and her looks,like her body is one kind of gold mine

Bom-bom =yansh

She was like a trophy very elusive.After spending time 9onvincing her that I am the one,she finally succumbed.The problem now that I have disvirgined her is the realisation that she has nothing to offer except her beauty and her great figure.the sex life has deteriorated sharply,she is getting boringggggggggggggg

@topic
The things that really pains you most is the fact that you opened your bom-bom for him.You must have been foolish not to have detected his unfaithfulness.Please stop crying over spilt milk,get someone else to stir your honey pot.stupid girls who think that the way to a man's heart is bum bum

Pls post her pic,dunno y he prefers bianca to his "beautiful" titi

Is the woman that beautiful,please someone should post her pic,dunno why atiku is dying to have her

He who kills by the sword MUST die by the sword

The guy should have been killed

All this endless debate and court suits is irrelevant,a hausa man will never win an election in nigeria except through rigging

Why are you bringing God into this matter?when you were benefitting from his largesse and rigging all manner of election in kwara,did you remember whether God existed,comeon don't be silly

@rethink-exchanging words over the internet is akin to arguing with a fenced post.Are you that daft?

Talking from both sides of the mouth,typical of nigerians.justifying dropped 18 count charges against cheney.

Saraki's decision to contest in the forthcoming polls in my opinion is a political obituary,it is the beginning of the end of this man,whose father has been influential in handpicking family members and putting them in elective posts

Everyone indicted overtly or covertly in the melee should be made to face full wrath of the law.I have zero tolerance to corruption

Please why the suit settled out of court,I thought jonathan said zero tolerance to corruption.Talk about talking from both sides of the mouth

The former attorney general has no friend in the nigeria polity going by the way and manner his name was smeared by the media.Nigerians both at home and in the diaspora condemned this man and called him despicable name.However going by the leaks it was all a set up,I wonder why nothing still hasn't been said by the FG on the wickedness prepetrated by pfizer

@free cocoa I thot u were a girl

Useless editor,do ur work,let others do theirs.your own work of xposing corrupt pple,u r non challant about it,yu rather paint their name in gold

I will sponsor the suit.away with shell,useless criminals

They should leave this man alone,selective justice

His disgrace is in the pipeline

Blow all d pipeline for all I care,insensitive govt

chosen04:
So after donkey years of co-ordinating and leading Nigeria prays group, the silly old man called GOWON still says Nigeria leaders needs prays? Does it mean him and his pray has not been praying well enough?


The dude should go and hang. God is neither interested in his bastardised prayers or in the failed project called Nigeria that he fought so hard to patch up. be intimate with

So many people perished during the bastards regime

Abagworo:
What exactly is wrong with Buhari or Utomi?

Utomi however intelligent he might sound is a political neophyte and uripe for the Nigeria political terrain,Buhari on the other hand is religiously biased ,he does not have the pedigree to lead the country,idiagbon was the practicing during his era,while buhari was just too redundant

Ofido:
Having critically looked at all the aspirant from jonathan to pat utomi even ribadu,buhari and the rest of them. That pastor politician inclusive, None of them can deliver Nigeria. I jst wish some one very young,not a core politician like me wil be given the oppoturnity to be president of Nigeria jst for one year.

My brother you know thats just a pipe dream.In Nigeria the kings are thieves,and the illiterates are the leaders