The best we can do in solidarity with Ivorien people is to mobilise and organise public popular pressure on African governments and at Ivorien embassies across capital cities in Africa!
If we fail to act quickly, we would not only be failing the people of Ivory Coast, we would be laying once again another precedence for dictatorship, and ultimately be failing Africa and her peoples.
It is time to turn words into action, to combine popular action with diplomacy.
Regards,
Jaye Gaskia
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Rwanda Deja Vu In Cote d'Ivoire--The Time To Act Is NOW!!!
UN alarmed by mass graves in Ivory Coast
Jan 13, 2011 11:16 PM | By Reuters
A third mass grave has been reported in Ivory Coast, the most senior UN human rights official said, denouncing the killing of civilians and an ambush on peacekeepers.
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Credit: AFP
Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said UN officials had been denied access to the three sites, including a mass grave found earlier, which allegedly contained 80 bodies.
More than 200 people have died in violence since the November 28 presidential election. Fear of more conflict has prompted more than 25000 people to flee into neighbouring Liberia, according to UN officials.
Pillay denounced an ambush in which three UN peacekeepers were injured, allegedly by forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, in Abidjan on Tuesday night.
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