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Blaise Campaore is a major figure in the drugs business. See:

http://www.ocnus.net/artman2/publish/Editorial_10/The-Imp-of-the-Perverse.shtml

Perhaps one of the reasons for its strength is the role of PLA-owned companies.

Perhaps I can suggest a different analysis of the impasse in the Ivory Coast
http://www.ocnus.net/artman2/publish/Editorial_10/The-Impasse-in-the-Ivory-Coast.shtml

I thought this might be of interest.
http://www.ocnus.net/artman2/publish/Editorial_10/West-African-Leaders-On-The-Square-Against-Gbagbo.shtml

It is interesting that you mention Cruise missiles. After the attack on Pademba Prison in Freetown a number of Sierra Leone worthies were evacuated to a US vessel standing offshore. One of the Sierra...

I've been told that Gbagbo didn't take a call from Obama because he thought it would be better to refuse the call than to say 'No' to Obama who was going to press for a joint tenancy of the...

I suspect that Goodluck Johnathan in Nigeria has little appetite any longer for imposing the West's solution to cure African election problems with violence after the recent bombings of the military...

I apologise for my rudeness. I was not referring to the SWC but to the 'international community' in general with whom I feel a sense of frustration.

There seems to be very poor understanding about the background to the current standoff in the Ivory Coast; and an even worse understanding of what 'intervention' means in the context of an African...